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.

Knowles

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • venell' voc' Knowles Lane 1699 WCR8

Etymology

, 1771 M , venell 'voc ' Knowles Lane 1699WCR 8 , v. cnoll ' a knoll, a hillock ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site