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 Inkberrow

Historical Forms

  • Cnittetone, Knitteton 1241 Cl 1271 For
  • Knythindon 1275 Ass
  • Knytynton 1357 Pat
  • Cnyton, Kniton 1383 Ct 1715 Map

Etymology

'Farm of the cnihts ,' v. cniht , tun and cf. Knighton supra 52.