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Survey of English Place-Names

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Knightshayes Court

Other OS name in the Parish of Tiverton

Historical Forms

  • Knyghteneheie 1330,1333 SR

Etymology

is Knyghteneheie 1330, 1333SR (p) . Probably ' enclosure of the cnihts , ' v. (ge)hæg and cf. Knightacott supra 115 .