Knockin
Knockin is a village and civil parish in north-west Shropshire, England. It is located on the B4396 road, around 5 miles south-east of the town of Oswestry, and 11+1⁄2 miles from the county town of Shrewsbury.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 306 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Shropshire, UK
- Also known as: “Knockin, Shropshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Knockin Castle and Church of St Mary.
Knockin Castle
Castle
Knockin Castle is situated in the village of Knockin on Shropshire between Oswestry and Shrewsbury, England. This was a fortified residence on level ground founded by Guy le Strange between 1154 and 1160 and it remained the principal holding of the le Strange family for most of the Middle Ages.
Church of St Michael
Church
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Church of St Michael is situated 2 miles north of Knockin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kinnerley and Kynaston.
Kinnerley
Village
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Kinnerley is a small village in Shropshire, England. It lies between the neighbouring villages of Dovaston and Pentre and the nearest town is Oswestry. To the north is the village of Knockin.
Kynaston
Hamlet
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Kynaston is an English hamlet in the parish of Kinnerley, Shropshire. The place-name appears in the 1086 Domesday Book in the spelling of Chimerstun, but this is known to be corrupt. Kynaston is situated 2 miles southeast of Knockin.
Maesbury Marsh
Village
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Maesbury Marsh is a village, which is situated 2 miles northwest of Knockin.
Knockin
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Knockin, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.79406° or 52° 47′ 39″ northLongitude
-2.99159° or 2° 59′ 30″ westPopulation
306Elevation
246 feet (75 metres)Open location code
9C4VQ2V5+J9OpenStreetMap ID
node 29750246OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2645116Wikidata ID
Q2639126
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Knockin” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Knockin”
- Chinese: “Knockin”
- Chinese: “諾肯”
- Dutch: “Knockin”
- French: “Knockin”
- Hebrew: “נוקין”
- Irish: “Knockin”
- Japanese: “ノッキン”
- Ladin: “Knockin”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Knockin”
- Polish: “Knockin”
- Swedish: “Knockin”
- Welsh: “Cnwcin”
- Welsh: “Cnwcyn”
- Welsh: “Knockin”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Knockin Village Hall and Knockin and Kinnerley Cricket Club.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Knockin”. Photo: Hans Linnet, CC BY-SA 2.0.