Knapton village sign
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Knapton village sign by Adrian S Pye as part of the Geograph project.
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Knapton village sign
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 7 Aug 2015
Depicting an angel, because of those seen carved in the roof timbers of the church. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it is listed under the name ‘Kanapatone’. The tenant in chief was William de Warenne, who was a Norman aristocrat who fought at the Battle of Hastings and became one of the great landowners in England.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.855132
Longitude
1.42214