"Roger Bigod was the chief landholder here in 1086.
Ranulf FitzWalter held 80 acres from him.
Another 30 acres held by Bigod had been held before the Conquest by Edward the Confessor's free man, Boti.
It had once been held by William Malet and Robert Malet held the soke.
80 acres in Knodishall formed a berewick of Roger Bigod's manor in Saxmundham.
John Jenney is known to have been lord here at his death in 1460.

Benefice of Aldringham with Thorpe, Knodishall with Buxlow and Friston."

According to the 2011 Census there were 418 males and 434 females living in the parish.

In the 1870s, Knodishall was described as:
"The parish contains also the village of Coldfair-Green, and the quondam parish of Buxlow; and is sometimes called Knodishall-cum-Buxlow.
Acres 1,143.
Real property, £3,173.
Pop.,
442.
Houses, 100.
The property is divided among a few.
There are clay and sand pits.
The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Buxlow, in the diocese of Norwich."

In 1865 the parish of Buxlow became part of Knodishall and was then known as Knodishall-cum-Buxlow.
"Roger Bigod was the chief landholder here in 1086. Ranulf FitzWalter held 80 acres from him. Another 30 acres held by Bigod had been held before the Conquest by Edward the Confessor's free man, Boti. It had once been held by William Malet and Robert Malet held the soke. 80 acres in Knodishall formed a berewick of Roger Bigod's manor in Saxmundham. John Jenney is known to have been lord here at his death in 1460. 
Benefice of Aldringham with Thorpe, Knodishall with Buxlow and Friston."
According to the 2011 Census there were 418 males and 434 females living in the parish.
In the 1870s, Knodishall was described as:
"The parish contains also the village of Coldfair-Green, and the quondam parish of Buxlow; and is sometimes called Knodishall-cum-Buxlow. Acres 1,143. Real property, £3,173. Pop., 442. Houses, 100. The property is divided among a few. There are clay and sand pits. The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Buxlow, in the diocese of Norwich."
In 1865 the parish of Buxlow became part of Knodishall and was then known as Knodishall-cum-Buxlow.
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