- Knowsley, Merseyside
infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.4498
longitude= -2.8501
official_name= Knowsley
population = 11,343
metropolitan_borough= Knowsley
region= North West England
metropolitan_county =Merseyside
constituency_westminster=
post_town= Prescot
postcode_district = L34
postcode_area= L
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= SJ435951Knowsley is a village and
civil parish within theMetropolitan Borough of Knowsley inMerseyside ,England . It is more commonly known as Knowsley Village.Fact|date=June 2008According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 11,343. It gave its name to the wider borough when it was formed in 1974. The parish includes
Knowsley Hall andKnowsley Park . There are three main built-up areas in the parish: the village of Knowsley, the nearby business park in the north west, and in the south-west a suburban area includingStockbridge Village and the northern fringe ofHuyton .The "ow" in the name can be pronounced as in "how" or as in "hoe", but Knowsley Village and the surrounding area usually use the latter.
The village of Knowsley (one of those in the Whiston RD) is hundreds of years older than the neighbouring city of
Liverpool . Its name occurs in theDomesday Book (1086) as "Chenulveslei" and came from Anglo-Saxon "Cēnwulfes lēah" = "Cēnwulf'smeadow ".History
When the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of
Northumbria overran the Celtic kingdom of Rheged, the village was likely taken over or founded by an Anglo-Saxon called Cēnwulf (= Keen Wolf).There are a few notable entries in Knowsley's history:
*King Henry VII visited in 1495.
*Shakespeare is said to have performed in a play held in Knowsley in 1589.
*Capability Brown is responsible for some of the fine landscaping of Knowsley in the 1700s.
*Edward Lear wrote "The Owl and the Pussycat " while staying atKnowsley Hall .External links
* [http://liverpoolstreetgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=36 Liverpool Street Gallery - Liverpool 34]
ee also
*
St Mary's Church, Knowsley
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