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.

Know Bank

Early-attested site in the Parish of Burnsall

Historical Forms

  • Knolebank 1496 FountPres
  • Knolbank(s) 1535 VE 1540 Fount 1543 MinAcct
  • Knowl(e)banke 1554 WillY 1564 Visit
  • Knowbank(e) 1648,1654 PRRl

Etymology

Know Bank, Knolebank 1496FountPres , Knolbank (s )1535 VE, 1540 Fount, 1543MinAcct , Knowl (e )banke 1554 WillY, 1564 Visit, Knowbank (e )1648, 1654 PRRl. 'Hillock bank', v. cnoll , banke .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name