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.

Knock Hatch

Early-attested site in the Parish of Arlington

Historical Forms

  • la Knocke 1267 SAC6,134 t.Ed2 Ch 1320 Ct 1365
  • Knokke, Knock, Cnoch' 1279 Ass
  • Knokhatche 1493 Ct

Etymology

Knock Hatch (6″) is la Knocke 1267 (t. Ed 2) SAC 6, 134, 1320 Ch, 1365Ct , Knokke , Knock , Cnoch '1279Ass , Knokhatche 1493Ct . There is a small hill close at hand and there can be little doubt that the word is the common knock meaning a hillock, knoll.