Kniveton

Kniveton

Infobox UK place
country = England
static_

static_image_caption= Kniveton.
latitude = 53.048
longitude = -1.692
map_type = Derbyshire
official_name = Kniveton
population =
shire_district = Derbyshire Dales
shire_county = Derbyshire
region = East Midlands
constituency_westminster =
post_town = ASHBOURNE
postcode_district = DE6
postcode_area = DE
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = SK207501

Kniveton is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is located in the Peak District, 3 miles north-east of Ashbourne on the approasch to Carsington Water.

History

Kniveton is mentioned in the Domesday book. There are two scheduled barrows in Kniveton and Thomas Bateman excavated one in 1845. A leter excavation revealed a rivetted bronze dagger with an ivory pommel, an urn or food vessel, a perforated stone axe and an amber ring. [ [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=11482 magalithic.co.uk] ]

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