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.

Birk Knott

Other OS name in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Birks Knot 1771 M

Etymology

, Birks Knot 1771 M , v. birki ' birch ' , cnotta ' rocky hill-top ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement