There's a handful of others like Gnatham and Gnaton (D), and the Scand.
Gnipe Howe (Db). But why should the <g> vanish when the <k> doesn't in
Knutsford, Knaresborough and Knotty Ash?
Richard
--On 04 January 2005 13:57 +0000 Keith Briggs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Gnosall would seem to be the unique example of an English name starting
> gn-.
>
> I presume the g is not pronounced now, but why did it survive here in the
> spelling?
>
> Keith
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