Knossington, Leicestershire

Description
Knossington, a township and a parish, with a village, in Leicestershire, on the river Gwash, adjacent to Rutland, 4 miles W by S of Oakham station on the M.R. There is a post and money order office under Oakham; telegraph office, Somerby. Acreage, 1469; population, 323. The manor belongs to the Frewens. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £185 with residence. The church is an ancient building of stone chiefly in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, N and S aisles, S porch,. and a western tower. It was restored in 1883, and contains two very beautiful windows, one in the N aisle, the other in the S aisle, of Flamboyant character; also a clerestory,-with windows of Geometrical Decorated tracery, and a very handsome Early English font. There was formerly a rich chancel-screen, portions of which have been incorporated elsewhere in the building. For union purposes Knossington is included in the Oakham union, but for all others in the Melton Mowbray district. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and an hospital for four clergymen's widows; with £150 a year from endowment. The parish council consists of five members.