Kneesall
Major Settlement in the Parish of Kneesall
Historical Forms
- Cheneshale 1086 DB
- Keneshale 1230 BM 13th Blyth
- Cneshala 1175 P
- Cneshale 1231 Bracton 1237 Cl
- Kneshala 1189–99 BM
- Kneshal(e) 1226 Ebor 1226,1260 FF 1276 RH 1302 FA
- Cneeshala 1187 P
- Cnesal' 1207 ClR
- Knesale 1242 Fees 1256–63 Ipm
- Kneshalle 1280 Ebor 1302 FA 1305 Ipm
- Knesale al. Knesall 1459 Pat
- Kneshawle 1551 Wills
- Kneesall al. Kneeshall 1684 Recov
- Knessale 1310 Ipm
- Knessall 1332 SR
Etymology
This is a difficult name. Probably, as in Kneeton infra 226, we have a reduction of the genitive of an OE name in Cēn - such as Cēnsige or (unrecorded) *Cēnhēah to Cenes - or Cnes -. The second element is healh .