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.

Knott Gate & Knott Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Slaidburn

Historical Forms

  • Knot meadow 1844 TA

Etymology

, Knot meadow 1844TA , v. cnotta , knǫttr ' rocky hilltop ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name