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.

East and West Newbiggin

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bishopton

Historical Forms

  • Neubigging 13th Ct 1369×70,1374×5,1415,1419×20 IPM
  • Neubiggyng 1344,1364×5,1405,1413,1442 ib
  • Newebigging 1242×3 Ass
  • Newebygyng(e) 1506 IPM
  • Newbigging' mid13th FPD
  • Newbygging' 1382 Hatf
  • Newbigging 1382 1434 IPM
  • Newbiging 1485 ib
  • Newbygng (sic) 1498×9 ib
  • Newbyggyng 1546 ib
  • Newbigginge 1561 ib
  • Newbigyng 1568 ib
  • Newbykyng in lee Dykes 1498×9 IPM
  • Newbigyng in le Dykes 1508 ib
  • Nubyggyng 1541 IPM
  • Newbiggin 1610 IPM 1647 EnclA 1886
  • Newbiggin alias West Newbiggin 1632×3 IPM
  • Newbiggen 1620×1 IPM 1647 ParlSurv

Etymology

'The new building', v. nīwe + bigging . The original site seems to have been at West Newbiggin where there is a moat.