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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.

Knaresborough Spa

Other OS name in the Parish of Knaresborough

Historical Forms

  • the Spa, the Spaw-waters of Knaresborough 1695 Pryme
  • the Spaws at Knaresbur 1697 ib

Etymology

, the Spaw-well 1652 French , the Spa , the Spaw-waters of Knaresborough 1695 Pryme, the Spaws at Knaresbur 1697 ib , cf. Harrogate 108supra and Spad 72 ff .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name