English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Newland

Major Settlement in the Parish of Newland

Historical Forms

  • Noua terra, Nova terra 1221 Ass 1255 1327 SR
  • Nova Landa 1256 Cl
  • Neweland(e) 1248 Ass 1254 FF 1461 Pat
  • la Newelaunde 1251 Misc
  • (la) Newelond(e) 1251 Ch 1278 FF 1490 Pat
  • (la) Neulond(e), Newlond(e) 1248 Ass 1286 Heref 1536 GlR
  • Newlaunde 1277 Ch
  • Newland(e) 1282 Cl 1305 Pat 1667 GlR
  • (la) Niwelond(e), Nywelond(e) 1287,1320,1363 Ass
  • la Neoue tere 1320 Ass

Etymology

'Newly cleared land', v. nīwe , land ; the first forms cited are Latin translations and the last one French. This large parish was taken out of the Forest of Dean and cleared for cultivation, probably in the 12th and 13th centuries (cf. Rudder 567).