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.

Knowl Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hurley

Historical Forms

  • La Cnolle 1299 Hurley
  • Knoll Hyll 1536 ib

Etymology

Knowl Hill, 1761 Rocque, La Cnolle 1299 Hurleyet freq with variant spelling La Knolle ; Knoll Hyll 1536 ib, v. cnoll 'knoll, hillock'. A district with this name was made into an ecclesiastical parish in 1842 (Kelly 109).