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.

Knowlton Hundred

Hundred in the County of Dorset

Historical Forms

  • Chenoltune hundret c.1086 GeldR
  • Cnolton' hdr' 1168 P
  • (Hundredum de) Cnolton(e) 1212 Fees 1244 Ass 1246 Ch 1346 FA
  • Cnoutone 1244 Ass
  • Knolton(') 1244 1258 FF 1564 Glyn
  • Cnowelton' 1280 Ass
  • Knowlton 1664 HTax

Etymology

named from the royal manor of Knowlton in Woodlands par. infra , the caput of the hundred.

Parishes in this Hundred