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.

Knapp Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Bratton

Historical Forms

  • Knapp Downe 1609 FF

Etymology

is Knapp Downe 1609FF , v. cnæpp , ' hill . '