Knitsley

Knitsley is a hamlet in County Durham, in England. The name derives from Old English and means the meadow where knights were.[1]

It is situated a short distance to the south of the town of Consett. There is a pub (some way outside of the village) called The Old Mill.[2] A telephone box once existed at the end of Hownsgill drive but this was removed many years ago due to lack of use. A railway station existed until 1964 when cutbacks in the railway system dramatically reduced rail services in Britain.[3]

References
  1. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 282. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  2. "www.theoldmillknitsley.co.uk | Location". www.theoldmillknitsley.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 July 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  3. "Disused Stations: Knitsley Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.