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Survey of English Place-Names

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Know Gap

Other OS name in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Know gapp 1625 PR
  • Knowlegap 1619,1632 ib

Etymology

, Know gapp 1625 PR, Knowlegap 1619,1632 ib , v. cnoll ' hillock ' , gap ' opening in a wall, etc . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement