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.

Knott

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • the Knot 1668 ib

Etymology

, 1597, 1623 PR , the Knot 1668ib , v. knǫttr ' a rocky hill-top ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement