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Survey of English Place-Names

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Knobcrook

Other OS name in the Parish of Wimborne Minster

Etymology

, a quarter of the town near R. Allen (6″) , also the name of a short curving lane ( TPlan ) , perhaps from knob ' aknoll ' and crōc ' a bend ' ( either in the river or in the lane ) , cf. Crokelandes 1427HarlRoll which may contain the latter el . with land ' strip in a common field ' , and v. Knob 's Crook in Woodlands par . infra .