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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Gosforth

Historical Forms

  • Neuton in Goseford c.1225 StB 1278 Ass
  • in Coupland c.1225 StB

Etymology

'New tūn.'