Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Knottingley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Knottingley, township with ry. sta., Pontefract par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Aire, 2½ miles NE. and within the parliamentary limits of Pontefract, 1481 ac., pop. 5069; P.O., T.O.; has large breweries, earthenware mfrs., maltmgs, roperies, tar works, &c.
A village in Osgodcross hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.