Knebworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Knebworth
Historical Forms
- Chenepeworde 1086 DB
- Knebwurth 1215 FF
- Knebbewrth' 1220 Fees 1342 Ass
- Knebbesworthe 1221–30 Fees
- Cnebeworth 1235 FF
- Knebworthe 1545 SR
- Cnabewurth 1266 Pat
- Kenebbeswrth, Kenebewrth 1275 RH
- Knypeworth 1278 Ass
Etymology
'Cnebba 's farm,' v. worþ . In a Court Roll of Stevenage of 1357, we have mention of fossat . voc. Knebbedich which must owe its name to the same man, since Knebworth and Stevenage parishes are adjacent.