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 Heath

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • bruer' de Newton l13 Dav 17
  • Neuton Heath, Foxwist Heath 1437 NewC
  • Neuton heith aliter vocat Foxwist heith 1500 Dav

Etymology

, bruer ' de Newton l13 (17) Dav , Neuton Heath ,Foxwist Heath 1437NewC , Neuton heith aliter vocat Foxwist heith 1500Dav , v. hǣð . It is near Foxtwist 194supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site