KNOTTING, a parish in the hundred of STODDEN,
county of BEDFORD, 4 miles (S. E.) from Higham-
Ferrers, containing 135 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, united, in 1735, to that of Souldrop, in the archdeaconry
of Bedford, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in
the king's books at £ 10. 6. 8. The Rev. J. W. Hawksley
uo.s patron in 1792. The church is dedicated to
St. Margaret.