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.

Knapeney Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Laxton

Historical Forms

  • Knapenhag wood 1232 Ch
  • Knapney, Knapnay 1625 Survey

Etymology

Knapeney Fm is Knapenhag wood 1232 Ch, Knapney , Knapnay 1625Survey . Probably from OE  cnapenahaga , 'young men's enclosure,' from the gen. pl. of cnapa , and haga . For similar reduction of haga cf. Kyngsey for Kingshaugh supra 46.