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.

Knightley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Gnosall

Historical Forms

  • Chenistelei 1086 DB
  • Cnitteley, Cnittelegh 1203 Ass 1238 Lib
  • Knit(t)ele 1207 Cur c.1220 StCart
  • Knytteleg' 1289 Misc
  • Gniteleg' 1206 Cur
  • Cnitele 1227 Ass
  • Cnettele 1212 Cur
  • Knytheleg' 1285 FA
  • Knicte(s)lega 1199 Ass
  • Knyghtesleye 1308 Ch
  • Knitesle 1203 Ass
  • Knyhttesle 1308 BM
  • Knyght(e)le(e), Knyght(e)legh, Knyght(e)leye 1293 QW 1312 Banco 1316 FA 1327 SR 1322 Pat 1337to1360 Ipm 1379,1420 Fine 1420 Cl 1618 FF
  • Chnitteleia 14th FacsECh
  • Knychtheleye 1332 SR
  • Knytley 1419 Misc
  • Knightley 1498 Ipm 1833 O

Etymology

'The woodland glade of the young men', v. cniht (cnihta gen. pl.), lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement