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Survey of English Place-Names

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Knotts Naze, Knotts Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Knottes 1588 Stansf

Etymology

, Knottes 1588 Stansf , 1843 O.S. , v. cnotta ' hillock ' ; Naze is from OE  nasu ' nose ' ( cf. Naze End 206infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name