Knock, Cumbria
History, geography and etymology
The place-name 'Knock' is first attested in a Yorkshire charter from between 1150 and 1162, where it appears as Chonoc-salchild. It appears as Knok in an Inquisition post mortem of 1323. The name means 'hillock', from the Brittonic *cnuc, Old Irish cnocc or Irish cnoc; an apparent reference to the nearby Knock Pike, which is 1,306 feet high, and can be seen in the photo to the right. Circa 1870, it had a population of 197 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Knock is also shown on Thomas Jefferys's 1770 map of Westmorland.
Knock once had a Methodist chapel, but that was closed and the chapel at Dufton was renamed "Dufton with Knock Methodist Church". The former chapel in Knock was gutted in a fatal fire in April 2018 that killed two people.
See also
References
- ^ Knock,Cumbria UK Villages entry for Knock
- ^ The Cumbria Directory entry for Knock
- ^ James, Alan. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence - Index Of Place Names" (PDF). The Brittonic Language in the Old North. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.282.
- ^ "History of Knock, in Eden and Westmorland". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ BBC Look North, 2.4.18
External links
- Cumbria County History Trust: Long Marton (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)