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.

Kneela

Early-attested site in the Parish of Black Torrington

Historical Forms

  • la Knylle 1304 Ass
  • atte Knylle 1330 SR

Etymology

This is from OE  cnyll , 'knoll,' v. Knell(e) in PN Sx (169, 528).A further example of this word occurs in the pers. name atte Knulle in a Hants SR of 1327. Cf. also Oatnell infra 207.