Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Knowle

Knowle.-- township and vil. with ry. sta., Hampton in Arden par., Warwickshire, 9½ miles SE. of Birmingham, pop. 1514; P.O., T.O., and P.O. at sta., called Knowle Station; the church is of great antiquity. The Midland Counties Asylum for idiots is in the vil.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hampton in Arden AP/CP       Knowle CP/Ch       Warwickshire AncC
Place: Knowle

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