Knowlton was an eccesiastical and

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 ...

; the former was abolished in 194

the latter on 1 April 193

and the village is now part of Goodnestone, Dover, Goodnestone civil parish, in the

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district, in

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, England. It is located about 10 miles (16 km) north of

. ''Knowlton Hall'', set in of parkland, is located here. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 18. The Church of St Clement is now redundant and in the care of the

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, and is open daily. Within the church, there are monuments to Lady Elizabeth d'Aeth and her father Sir John Narborough Knowlton is a thankful village, in that it did not lose anyone in

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. It was once served (1916-1948), by a halt on the East Kent Light Railway, one of Colonel Stephen's lines, which ran between Sheperdswell & Wingham.

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The Knowlton family and Knowlton Hall
Villages in Kent Former civil parishes in Kent Dover District {{Kent-geo-stub