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.

New Ferry

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bebington

Historical Forms

  • New Ferry 1831 Bry
  • the New Ferry 1777 Sheaf
  • The New Ferry-house 1810 ib

Etymology

New Ferry (109–3485), New Ferry 1831 Bry, the New Ferry 1777 Sheaf, The New Ferry-house 1810 ib, a district named from a Mersey ferry founded here in the eighteenth century, v. nīwe , ferja .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name