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.

Horsey Knap

Other OS name in the Parish of Evershot

Historical Forms

  • Horsey Knapp 1839 TA(Rampisham)

Etymology

, Horsey Knapp 1839TA (Rampisham) , cf. Knapps Lane 1621 (17) Strode , named from Horsey Fm in E Chelborough par . supra , v. cnæpp .