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.

Newtons

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hornchurch

Historical Forms

  • Newton 1296 HPD

Etymology

Newtons (6″) is Newton 1296 HPD. John Newentone had a lease of Beamland supra 113 in 1385 (ib.). It is impossible to say if the name is local or manorial in origin.