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.

Knowlehill

Other OS name in the Parish of Ticknall

Historical Forms

  • le Knol 1200–18 DbAnsvi
  • le Cnol c.1260 ib
  • Knolhylls 1514 Lanc

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , le Knol 1200–18 DbAns vi, le Cnol c. 1260 ib, Knolhylls 1514Lanc , v. cnoll , hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement