Knaptoft
Major Settlement in the Parish of Knaptoft
Historical Forms
- Cnapetot 1086 DB
- Cnapetoft 1156 Ch 1318 GildR 1196 Cur 1200 RTemple e.13 1220×50 et passim
- Knapetoft 1221,1242 Fine 1245×55 RTemple 1310 GildR 1313 LCDeeds 1338 Pat
- Knaptoft(e) 1269,1274 Ipm 1352 LCDeeds 1335 Ipm
Etymology
Probably 'the curtilage of the servant(s)', v. cnapa , toft . Formally, the OE masc. pers.n. Cnapa or the ON masc. pers.n. Knappi could constitute the specific of this place-name, but the survival of a Knaptofte in Great Glen (Lei 485) suggests that this was a recurring appellative.