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.

Knighton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Broad Chalke

Historical Forms

  • cnihta land 955 BCS917 13th
  • Cnicteton 1200 Cur
  • Knichteton 1200 FF
  • Knictona, Cnihteton 1242 Fees
  • Knygteton 1279 Ass
  • Knyghteton 1332 SR

Etymology

'Farmstead of the household servants,' v. cniht .