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.

Knowle

Early-attested site in the Parish of Budleigh Salterton

Historical Forms

  • (ultra) Cnollam 1210 Pat 1326
  • Knoll 1540 LP
  • Knolles 1660,1676 DA

Etymology

v. cnoll . The plural form may have reference to Knowle and Little Knowle near by.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement