Knott End

English Etymology Recorded as Cnote in the 13th century (enm knot a hillock). The spelling Knot-End was used in the 19th century (see quotation). Proper noun Knott End en @ellipsis of:Knott End-on-Sea Q6423103. en 1942 May-June The Why and the Wherefore: The Knott End Railway Railway Magazine 191 The Garstang & Knot-End Railway was incorporated by an Act of June 30, 1864, to construct a line from the Lancaster & Preston Junction Railway (afterwards the L.N.W.R.) to Knott End, a distance of 11¾ miles. [...] From Pilling to Knot-End (then spelled thus) there was a grass-grown half-completed railway, and eventually a new company called the Knott End Railway Company was incorporated in 1898 to complete this.