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Survey of English Place-Names

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Knowle's Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Brackenfield

Historical Forms

  • Knowles Wood 1841 TA
  • Knowles 1846 Bagshaw

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Knowles Wood 1841TA , perhaps named from the familyof Robert Knowles 1846 Bagshaw .