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.

the knole

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • the knole 1601 Terrier
  • the knoole 1601 Terrier
  • the knowle 1612 Terrier 1625 Terrier

Etymology

the knole, the knoole 1601, the knowle 1612, 1625 (v. cnoll)