Great Newarks and Little Newarks
Early-attested site in the Parish of Good Easter
Historical Forms
- Estrenewelond 1285 Ass
- Godest(re) voc. Newerk(e) 1468,1491 MinAcct
- Newark(e)s (and) Newland(e) Fee 1545 LP 1568 FF 1583 Harl
- la Neuwelaunde 1272 Ass
- (la) Stane 1236 Dugdv 1252 FF
- Stone by Godyve Estre 1289 ib
- Newerkes 1327 SR
Etymology
Great Newarks and Little Newarks is Estrenewelond 1285Ass , Godest (re ) voc. Newerk (e )1468, 1491MinAcct , Newark (e )s (and ) Newland (e ) Fee 1545 LP, 1568FF , 1583Harl . This was part of the estate of John de la Neuwelaunde (1272Ass ) of Newland Hall, just over the parish boundary in Roxwell (supra 264). It stretched into Mashbury as well as Roxwell and Good Easter and seems earlier to have been called (la ) Stane 1236 Dugd v, 1252 FF, Stone by Godyve Estre 1289 ib. In 1346 (FA) the jurors declared there was no such vill in Dunmow Hundred though it is placed there in 1303 and 1428 (ib.). In 1550 (EAS xiv, 164)Le Stane and Old Stane were part of the endowment of Carpenter's Chantry in Writtle, and Jeayes suggests an identification with Stonehill Fm in Roxwell supra 265 which is, however, on record in 1272. It was probably within the wider area covered by Stane , which stretched into the hundreds of Dunmow and Chelmsford. Both are from stan , cf. Stains infra 612. The modern name derives from the family of John de Newerkes (1327SR ). v. further EAS xxi, 69–72.