Knotting is a village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

, now in the parish of Knotting and Souldrop, in the

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district, in the ceremonial county of

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, located near the border with

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. Nearby places are, Sharnbrook,

Podington Podington is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. The village is within the Wards of the United Kingdom, electoral ward of Harrold, Bedfordshire, Harrold in the Borough of Bedford. Podi ...

, Odell, Melchbourne, Yelden, Newton Bromswold, Souldrop and Rushden over the border in

. In 1931 the parish had a population of 114. On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished to form "Knotting and Souldrop".

Parish church

The Parish Church is partly of 12th century Norman construction, including a

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arch with carved decoration, and is dedicated to St Margaret. The registers date from 1592 and many of these are deposited at the Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service. The church was vested with the Churches Conservation Trust on 1 April 2009.

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St. Margaret's Church
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