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Survey of English Place-Names

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Knott Houses

Other OS name in the Parish of Grasmere

Historical Forms

  • Knothouses 1706 Ct
  • Knot(t) 1375 Kendii,5 1787 ClarkeM
  • del Knot 1375 Kendii,5
  • Knott Place 1638 PR

Etymology

, Knothouses 1706Ct , named from Knot (t )1375 Kend ii, 5(p), 1787ClarkeM, v. knǫttr 'rocky hilltop', but perhaps more directly fromthe local surname of Henry del Knot (1375 Kend ii, 5) or John Knott of Knott Place (1638 PR) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name