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.

School Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • The Knowls or White Lion Farm 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1860 White , The Knowls or White Lion Farm 1831 Bry , cf. le Knolls n.d. AD ( A . 11218 ) , v. cnoll ' a hillock ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site