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.

Newton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Slaidburn

Historical Forms

  • Neutone, Neuton(a) 1086 DB 1220–30 YDi 1316 Vill
  • Neuton(a) in Bogheland 1285 KI
  • Newton 1367 Kirkst
  • Newton in Bowland 1379 PT 1538 MinAcct
  • Newton in Bolland 1546 FF 1767 PRIng

Etymology

'New farmstead', v. nīwe , tūn , and Bowland 112supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name