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.

Knox, Knox Mill

Other OS name in the Parish of Knaresborough

Historical Forms

  • Harrigat Knocks 1613 Grainge
  • Knox Mill 1817 M

Etymology

, Harrogaite knokkes 1539 Hrk , Harrigat Knocks 1613 Grainge 82, Knox Mill 1817 M , probably from cnocc ' a little hillock ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name