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 Priory

Early-attested site in the Parish of Goldington

Historical Forms

  • Neweham 1198 FF 1202 Ass 1230 Cl 1247 FF 1276 Ass
  • Neuham 1202 Ass 1207 FF 1242 Fees886 1283 Ipm 1286 BM
  • Newenham 1214 FF 1218–27 BM 1242,1244 FF 1247,1276 Ass 1285 Orig 1287 Ass
  • Newham 1221 BM
  • Nywenham 1276 Ass
  • Newenham without Bedford 1285 Fine

Etymology

Self-explanatory. v. niwe , ham .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement