Knipton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Belvoir, in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. It lies about 6 miles from the town of Grantham, just off
Croxton Kerrial is a village and civil parish in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England, 6.6 miles south-west of Grantham, 7.9 miles north-east of Melton Mowbray, and 0.5 miles west of Leiceste
Knipton
…at a lower level than the roads. These were an extension of the quarries at Woolsthorpe and Harston. Quarrying began east of the road from Knipton to Croxton Kerrial in 1924, ceasing in 1943. A quarry on the west side of the road operated in 1941–1946. The quarries used steam and diesel quarrying machines. Ore was…