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.

The Knott

Other OS name in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Medilknott 1220–47 Lowth

Etymology

, 1865 OS , Medilknott 1220–47Lowth , cf. also Thome Knotte 13 CW xviii, 151 , v. knǫttr ' rocky hill-top ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name