English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Knotlow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Monyash

Historical Forms

  • Knottelowe 1323 HarlCh
  • Knotlow 1544 Bemrose 1724 Derby

Etymology

Knotlow, Knottelowe 1323HarlCh , Knotlow 1544Bemrose , 1724Derby . Probably 'Cnotta's burial-mound', v. hlāw ; for this unrecorded OE pers.n. cf. Knotting (PN BedHu 15).