Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Knoyle, East (or Bishop's Knoyle)

Knoyle, East (or Bishop's Knoyle), par. and vil., in SW. of Wilts, 2½ miles SW. of Hindon, 5558 ac., pop. 877; P.O.; Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723), the architect of St Paul's Cathedral, was a native; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Knowle House.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wiltshire AncC
Place: East Knoyle

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