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.

Knotts Bridge, Knotts Plant

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Knotts Spring 1840 TA

Etymology

. , Knotts Spring 1840TA , v. cnotta ' hillock ' , spring ' plantation ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site