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.

Knavenhill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Alderminster

Historical Forms

  • Knaveslade 1322 ADii
  • Knavene Slade 1326 ADii
  • Knove Hull 1490 VCHiv.7

Etymology

OE  cnafan - or cnafena -slæd , 'boy(s)' valley' or 'hill,' v. slæd .Cf. Nanhurst (Sr), 1304 BM Knavenhurst .

Places in the same Parish