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.

Knouchley

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke

Historical Forms

  • Knowchcliffe 1688 Portland
  • Knouchley 1767 Burdett

Etymology

, Knowchcliffe 1688Portland , Knouchley 1767 Burdett , v. clif , with the well - estab - lished development to -ley . No suggestion can be made for the first element but cf. Knowchclyffe infra 242 .

Places in the same Parish