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 Grange

Major Settlement in the Parish of Newton Grange

Historical Forms

  • Neutone 1086 DB
  • Neuton(a) 1243 BurtCh 1265 Ch 1331 Tax 1291
  • Neuton Graunge 1391 Pat
  • Niuetone 1166 RBE
  • Newton Gra(u)nge 1445,1472 DbCh 1490 BurtReg 1545 DbCh

Etymology

'New farm', v. nīwe , tūn . It was held by Combermere Abbey.v. grange .