Knighton on Teme

Knighton on Teme is a village and civil parish once in the hundred of Doddingtree and now in the Malvern Hills District of the county of Worcestershire, England. Its name is first attested in an eleventh-century manuscript of a charter from c. 957 as Cnihtatun, meaning 'farm of the young men', and also mentions the River Teme.^{[1]: 52–53}

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Knighton on Teme
St Michael's Church
Knighton on Teme Location within Worcestershire
Population	500
OS grid reference	SO631714
Civil parish	Knighton on Teme
District	Malvern Hills
Shire county	Worcestershire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TENBURY WELLS
Postcode district	WR15
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	West Worcestershire
List of places UK England Worcestershire 52°19′40″N 2°32′37″W / 52.32778°N 2.54361°W / 52.32778; -2.54361
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The parish consists of the village of Newnham Bridge and several small hamlets including Aston Court, Bickley, Cainey, Clethill, Cornwood, Deptcroft, Field Farm, Knighton, Maythorn, Newnham, Oxnall Farm, Stony Cross, Little London and Woodgates Green.^{[1]: 52–55} It has a population of around 500 people and about 200 houses.^[2] A Norman Romanesque church in the parish, St Michael and All Angels, is a Grade I listed building.

1. ^ ^{a b} A. Mawer and F. M. Stenton, The Place-Names of Worcestershire, English Place-Name Society, 4 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1927).
2. ^ Davies, Pearl G (2008). "Welcome to Knighton on Teme Parish Council". Worcestershire County Council. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
3. ^ Davies, Pearl G (2008). "Welcome to Knighton on Teme Parish Council". Worcestershire County Council. Retrieved 15 October 2019.

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