Knowsley, England

Location Map

Knowsley is a village in Kirkby, England

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Knowsley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Knowsley in historic gazetteers

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.

Knowsley in the Domesday Book

A village in [West] Derby hundred, in the county of Cheshire.

BritishPlaceNames.uk is a Good Stuff website.