Knebworth is a village and civil parish in the north of Hertfordshire, England, instantly southern of Stevenage. The civil parish covers an area between the villages of Datchworth, Woolmer Green, Codicote, Kimpton, Whitwell, St Paul's Walden as well as Langley, as well as incorporates the town of Knebworth, the little village of Old Knebworth and also Knebworth House. There is evidence of individuals staying in the location as far back as Neolithic times as well as it is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 where it is described as Chenepeworde (the ranch coming from the Dane, Cnebba) with a population of 150. The initial town, now referred to as Old Knebworth, created around Knebworth House. Advancement of the newer Knebworth town started in the late 19th century centred a mile to the eastern of Old Knebworth on the new train station as well as the Great North Roadway (subsequently the A1, as well as currently the B197 given that the opening of the A1(M) freeway in 1962). At the turn of the century the architect Edwin Lutyens built Homewood, southeast of Old Knebworth, as a dower home for Edith Bulwer-Lytton. Her little girl, the suffragette Constance Lytton also lived there, till right before her fatality in 1923. Knebworth has, since 1974, been notoriously related to countless major open air rock and also pop performances at Knebworth House, consisting of Queen's final live performance which occurred on 9 August 1986 and also attracted an attendance approximated at 125,000, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Oasis playing to a quarter of a million individuals for 2 evenings in 1996 and even more recently Robbie Williams, that for 3 nights in August 2003 executed to the largest groups ever before set up for a single entertainer. Data from UK Census 2011: All Residents: 5,247.