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Survey of English Place-Names

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Knaveholm

Other OS name in the Parish of Snelston

Historical Forms

  • Knavesholme c.1535 Okeover
  • Knaveholme 1599 Lanc

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Knavesholme c. 1535Okeover , Knaveholme 1599 Lanc , a name of ME  origin as indicated by the formKnavesholme , ' servant's marsh meadow ' , v. holmr , the first element being ME  knave ' servant, young man ' from OE  cnafa .