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.

Lower Newton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Zeal Monachorum

Historical Forms

  • Nieutona, Newentona 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Niwetone
  • Newenton 1212 FF

Etymology

Further forms are without medial n . 'New farm,' v. niwe , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement