Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Knowsley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Knowsley, township and vil., Huyton par., N. Lancashire, 3 miles NW. of Prescot, 5058 ac., pop. 1248; P.O.; 1 mile to the NW. of vil. is Knowsley Hall, seat of the Earl of Derby siuce 1385, containing valuable art collection by old masters; the park is 2000 ac. in extent.
A village in [West] Derby hundred, in the county of Cheshire.