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Knocking Tofts

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • KnockingTolls (sic) 1863 OS
  • Nuckin(g) tofts 1710,1734 Hothf(Br13,22)
  • Nuckentoft end 1771 ib

Etymology

, KnockingTolls (sic)1863OS, Nuckin (g ) tofts 1710, 1734Hothf (Br 13, 22), Nuckentoft end 1771ib 65 , possibly an OIr  diminutive name Cnocán ( from Ir  cnoc ' hill ' ) , which occurs in OIcel  Knakan ( with - a - for - o - as in OIcel  Kalman from OIr  Colmán ) , v. topt ' enclosure ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name