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 Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Neutun e13 Facs l13 SocAnt
  • Neuton, Neuton iuxta Hide 1288 Eyre
  • Neuton iuxta Godelegh 1353 Plea
  • Neuton in Longdenedale 1357 ChFor
  • Neuton iuxta Dokynfeld 1362 Plea
  • Newton 1318 Sheaf 17 CoLegh 1394
  • Newton in Longedenedale 1335 Plea

Etymology

'New farm', v. nīwe , tūn , cf. Dukinfield, Godley, Hyde, Longdendale 276, 306, 279, 2supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site