Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Dervinestone 1086 DB(f.79b)

• Knicteton' 1212 Fees

• Kny(g)hteton(e) 1242–3 1288 Ass 1402 DCMDeed

• Knythton' 1288 Ass

• Kyngtedon 1316 FA

• Knyghton 1346 1548 Ct

• 'Kyghton by Bryanston' 1399 Pat

• Knyghton Fm 1837 TA

• Kyngthton 1412 FA

• Knygh(t)ston 1534,1537 Hen1

Etymology

Knighton (Fm) Ho (ST 857082), Dervinestone 1086 DB (f. 79b), Knicteton '1212 Fees, Kny (g )hteton (e )1242–3 ib, 1288Ass et freq to 1402DCMDeed with variant spellings Knyt (t )eton (e ), Knygteton (e ), Knytheton (e ), Kyngheeton (e ), Knyghtheton (e ), Knyghtteton (e ), Kynghteton (e ), Knygheton (e ); Knythton '1288Ass (p), Kyngtedon 1316 FA, Knyghton 1346 ibet freq to 1548Ct , 'Kyghton by Bryanston '1399 Pat, Knyghton Fm 1837TA , Kyngthton 1412 FA, Knygh (t )ston 1534, 1537Hen 1, 'the farm of the thanes or retainers of a high personage', v. cniht (gen.pl. cnihta ), tūn , cf. Bryanston par. supra . The DB manor of Dervinestone (cf. par. name supra ), assessed at 2½ hides, was held TRE by five taini or thanes (cf. W Knighton 1207) and in 1086 by William (de Estre ) (VCHDo 387); the identification of this manor with Knighton is suggested by the fact that 2½ hides in Knicteton ' were held by Richard de Estre in 1212 Fees (87) (Eyton 131–2, VCHDo 360).