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.

Knolls

Early-attested site in the Parish of Abbotsbury

Historical Forms

  • pastura que vocat' Knolles 1269 Ilch
  • ten' in les knoll' 1388,1389 Ilch
  • Knowles 1632,1649 Ilch

Etymology

Knolls (Withy Beds) (SY 568855), pastura que vocat ' Knolles 1269Ilch , ten ' in les knoll '1388, 1389Ilch , Knowles 1632, 1649Ilch , from the plural of cnoll 'knoll, hillock'; the name is marked (6″) between the 300′ and 500′ contours below Wears Hill.