Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Nethergraueship(p), Nethergraveship(p) 1604,1625 Ct 1650 Rent 1687–1751 Kendiii,86,91 1825 Glebe

• Nethergravelands 1702 Kendiii,141–2

• Overknote, Overknotts 1650 ParlSurv

• les Knottys 1409 Kendi,37

Etymology

Nethergraveship, (lost) Nethergraueship (p ), Nethergraveship (p )1604, 1625Ct , 1650Rent , 1687–1751 Kend iii, 86, 91et freq to 1825Glebe , Nethergravelands 1702 Kend iii, 141–2, a former township on the west side of Kendal adjoining Strickland Ketel (1790 Kend iii, 147) and alternatively called Overknote , Overknotts 1650ParlSurv 5, fol. 1, Rent W. 5 (which may be identical with les Knottys 1409 Kend i, 37 or with Knott in Underbarrow i, 105supra ). The el. graveship is used in e.ModE in YW of a subdivision of a large parish (YW vii, 65); the origin of grave 'steward' is uncertain; it occurs as ME  greyve which may be from the obscure ON  greifi but is sometimes confused with ME  greve , a Scandinavianised form of OE g (e )rēfa 'reeve' (cf. NED s.v. grave , grieve ). v. neoðera , -scipe (noun-suffix) in EPN ii, 109.