Most dwellings are now at Coldfair Green; just a few remain in the original village by the parish Church of St Lawrence,[1] which falls gently on the north side of the Hundred River valley.

[5] The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture draws the following observations for Knodishall ("Cnotesheala", "Cnenotessala") from the Domesday Survey of 1086:"Roger Bigod was the chief landholder here in 1086.

Another 30 acres held by Roger Bigod had belonged before the Conquest to Edward the Confessor's free man, Boti.

An area of 80 acres in Knodishall formed an outlying estate or berewick of Bigod's manor in Saxmundham.

This Edmund married Anne daughter of Philip Broke of Nacton in 1765, and sold the manor to Edward Vernon, who died in 1757.

[13] The parish church, dedicated to the 3rd-century martyr St Lawrence, stands a mile west of the present-day settlement of Knodishall Common, on top of a hill.

[14] The fabric of the nave is of Norman date, though the only remaining feature of Romanesque carving is the north doorway, now partially blocked.

The 15th-century tower was built with a bequest from one John Jenney (lord of the manor, died 1460) and his wife, who have a monumental brass in the church.

It has a village shop, the Butchers Arms pub, a smallholding, a garage and Coldfair Green Primary School.

With the help of local people we have amassed a large digital collection of photos, audio recordings and documents relating to the village.

However in 1865, when the parish of Buxlow became part of Knodishall, there was no significant increase in total population to show this boundary change in the following census year.

Of the 852 people living in Knodishall in 2008, 846 of them were white English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish, British, or other.

Looking at the 2011 census, the main Knodishall occupations were retail trading, motor vehicle and motor cycle repairs, human health and social work, building construction and education, mostly still male dominated,[21] but accommodation, catering, human health, social work and education were female dominated.