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 Quarry

Other OS name in the Parish of Royston

Historical Forms

  • Knowle Ing, Knowles 1845 TA

Etymology

, Knowle Ing , Knowles 1845TA , v. cnoll ' a hillock ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site