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.

Knells and High Knells

Other OS name in the Parish of Stanwix

Historical Forms

  • the Knelles 1592 Border
  • the Knells 1689 CCt
  • Kneels 1702 PR
  • Knel(l)s 1750 ib
  • Low Knells 1792 ib

Etymology

are the Knelles 1592Border, the Knells 1689CCt , Kneels 1702 PR, Knel (l )s 1750 ib., Low Knells 1792 ib. (Crosby) . Possibly the plural of cnylle , the mutated derivative of cnoll , ' knoll , ' which is found in Knill ( He , DEPN ) .