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.

Knowsley Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Church Lawton

Historical Forms

  • Knowles Hollows 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Knowles Hollows 1831 Bry , cf. Knowsley Meadow 1839TA , ' knolls clearing ' , ' hollows near the knolls ' , v. cnoll , lēah , hol 1 .