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.

Knot Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Burnsall

Historical Forms

  • Nursa Knot 1771 M
  • Nusterkeued 12 Font
  • Nussayheued 1298 ib

Etymology

, named from Nursa Knot 1771 M,earlier Nusterkeued 12 Font, Nussayheued 1298 ib , v. cnotta ' hillock ' , hēafod , and cf. Nussey Ho infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name