Knaphill, Surrey, England

Knaphill is an urban village in Surrey, England. To the east is Woking, to the west, eventually, is Aldershot. The village history name was first recorded in 1225 as La Cnappe. Since then there have been various spellings of the name including 'Nap Hill, Naphill and Knap Hill. In 958 A.D., the village was probably part of land granted to Westminster Abbey; there is clear ownership by 1278. The land passed to Henry VIII on the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s.The Basingstoke Canal was built to the south of Knaphill in 1794 and the railway line came in 1838. In 1859, a prison was built in Knaphill. This was later converted into army barracks.[2]