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 Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Leigh

Historical Forms

Knappes 1585 For

Etymology

is Knappes 1585For , v. cnæpp , ' hill . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Cove House Fm

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Leigh