KNIPTON, a parish in the hundred of FRAMLAND county of LEICESTER, 7 miles (S. W. by W.) from Grantham, containing 310 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese of Lincoln, rated .in the king's books at £16. 12. S|., and in the patronage of the Duke of Rutland. The church is dedicated to All Saints. In this parish is a very extensive reservoir for the Grantham canal.