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.

Newtown

Early-attested site in the Parish of Irthington

Historical Forms

  • Neuton 1278 Ass
  • Newton 1485 Ipm
  • Irthington Newetowne 1568 LRMB
  • Newton of Irdington 1600 Border

Etymology

'New tūn,' v. nīwe .