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.

Newland

Major Settlement in the Parish of Newland

Historical Forms

  • La Newelond 13th AddCh
  • Newelong 1284 Ass
  • Nywelonde 1294 SR
  • Newland 1755 PubLib

Etymology

'New land', v. DEPN for other examples. In this instance, as in Gl (Gl 3, 236), the name refers to land cleared for cultivation in a medieval forest. The liberty of Newland was included in Bishop's Bear Wood (infra ), which was a chase of the Bishops of Salisbury (VCH iii, 250).