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Knighton, Leicester history
Knighton was named in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a fairly large village of 24 households. It functioned as a civil parish between Leicester and Wigston Magna, with an identity separate from the town of Leicester. Ecclesiastically, it was a chapelry of St Margaret’s Church, Leicester and appears to have been so since before the Norman conquest.
Growth of Stoneygate
Knighton remained agricultural until the 19th century, whilst Leicester to the north and Wigston to the south were becoming centres of the framework knitting cottage industry. Suburban development had its beginnings in the 1770s and 80s with a substantial private dwelling called Stoneygate House. By the 1840s there were 10 houses strung along the London Road, occupied by some of Leicester’s most prosperous tradesmen and industrialists.
Clarendon Park
From 1875 the estate that had formerly been The Breach Field, in Knighton’s open field days, began to be sold off for development. The density of housing was greater than in Stoneygate, and many streets were laid out with rows of brick terraces.
Boundary changes
The historic parish occupied a broad swathe of land on the southern border of Leicester. It was roughly 2.8 miles (4.5 km) wide, extending to the Gartree Road in the east.
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