KNEETON, a parish in the northern division of the
wapentake of BINGHAM, county of NOTTINGHAM, 7
miles (S. W; by W.) from Newark,-containing 104 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the
archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated
in the king's books at £4. 9. 4., endowed with £800
royal bounty, and £200 parliamentary grant. Sir. F.
Molyneux, Bart, was patron in 1804. The church is
dedicated to St. Peter. The river Trent is here crossed
by a ferry to Hoveringham, and the Fosse road passes
along the south-eastern boundary of the parish.