Probably named after Knutsford in Cheshire, or after one of the holders of the peerage title Viscount Knutsford.
"That on the application of the owners Messrs R. J. McConnell and Co, two new streets on their property at Cliftonville be named Knutsford Drive and Ashgrove Park". ( Improvement Committee, 19th September 1905).
Dual language street sign (English and Irish) approved in December 2024.