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

Other OS name in the Parish of East Allington

Historical Forms

  • Knyghteton 1383 FF
  • Knytheton 1422 IpmR

Etymology

is Knyghteton 1383FF , Knytheton 1422 IpmR . v. cniht , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement