Newnham and Polmere
Major Settlement in the Parish of Pontesbury
Historical Forms
- Newnham 1209-10 MGS 1601 SBL12706
- Newneham 1572,7 PR(H)
- Neunam 1255 RH
- Neunham 1276 Ipm
- Newnum 1672 HTR
- Newenham 1255-6 Ass 1308,1490 Ipm
- Newenam 1291-2 Ass
- Newenam' c.1380 SBL6172
Etymology
'New settlement', v. nīwe , hām . The -n - is from the dat.sg. inflection of nīwe . This place-name is widespread in the country, and it is likely that it continued to be applied to new settlements after hām had otherwise gone out of use in place-name formation.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Engine Coppice
- Hinwood
- Edgegrove
- Little Halston
- Shorthill
- Panson
- Wood Hall
- Sydnall Cottage
- Polmere
- Marton
- Nox
- New Ho
- Church Hill Wood
- Malehurst
- Pontesford Hill
- Little Coppice
Other OS name
- Buck's Coppice
- Cruckton Hall
- Hanwood Gate Pool
- Hare and Hounds P.H.
- Hollybank
- Hortonlane Coppice
- Jenkins Coppice
- Moves Coppice
- Hinton Hall, Hinton Plantation
- New Mill
- Clanbrook Bridge
- Lea Cross, Lea Cross Bridge
- Lea Hall
- Trap Cottage
- Coppice Cottages and Ho
- Curtiss Coppice
- Gipsy Coppice
- Moat Hall
- Papermill Coppice
- Slade Lane
- Upper Woodhall Coppice and Lower Woodhall Coppice
- Bank Ho
- Broompatch
- Hall Fm
- Hays Coppice
- Hurst Bank
- Lingcroft Pool and Lingcroft Coppice
- Longden Bridge
- Longden Common
- Longden Coppice
- Longden Manor
- Longdenwood
- the Poplars
- Red Lion Inn
- Rock Cottage
- Roundhouse Fm
- Slang Coppice
- Woodhouse Fm
- Oaks Hall
- Oaks Lodge
- Oaks Wood
- Little Plealey
- Plealey Ho
- Radlith
- Radlith Wd
- Tag's Gutter
- Bridgleys
- Crown P.H.
- Hill Fm
- Horseshoe P.H.
- Mount Pleasant Nursery
- Nills Hill
- Polesgate
- Pontesbury Hill
- the Ring
- Woodhouse
- Brook Ho, Cliffdale Ho, the Grove, Linley Terrace, New Ho, the Poplars, Quarry Villa, Rose Villa, Somerville, South View Villa, White Hall, Willow Ho
- Brookside Ho
- Cherry Hayes Cottages
- Earlsdale, Vch Viii
- the Grove
- Hill Fm
- Lower and Upper Mill
- the Lyd Hole
- Nag's Head P.H.
- Old Lodge
- the Plantation
- Skin Mill Cottage
- Smithy