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.

Newington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Newington

Historical Forms

  • Neuton c.1200 Fees
  • Niwetune 1212 Fees early13th BM
  • Newetone 1212–17 RBE
  • Newton 1269,1377 FF
  • Neuweton 1276 FF
  • Niwentone 13th ADiii
  • Newenton 1258 FF 1263 Ass
  • Newenton juxta Suthwerk 1272 Ass 1295 FF
  • pons de Newynton 1351 Seldxl
  • Neuwyngton juxta Suthwerk 1325 FF
  • Newington Butts 1558 LambethParReg
  • Newington al. Newington Butt 1604 Recov

Etymology

'At the new farm,' v. niwe , tun . The modern form goes back to the OE  æt þǣm nīwan tūne . Newington Butts commemorates the old archery butts.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site