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.

Newnham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Newnham

Historical Forms

  • æt niwanham 1021–3 KCD736
  • Newæham 1020 KCD1316 14th
  • Neuenham 1166 P 1476 ADiii
  • Niweham 1166 P
  • Neuham 1199 FF
  • Neweham 1255 Fees

Etymology

'At the new ham.'

Places in the same Parish

None