Newport
Major Settlement in the Parish of Newport
Historical Forms
- Neuport 1086 DB 1321 Pat
- Neuport by Walden 1309 Ch
- Nuport 1510 LP
- Niweport 1141 Mandeville 1155–92 P 1239 Lib
- New(e)port 1141 Mandeville 1189–92 P 1203 ChR 1510 LP
- Newporte called Neuporte Ponde, of a ponde at ye end of ye towne, now firme ground 1594 N
- Neuburg 1270 Ch
Etymology
'New town,' v. port . “The head of Grantha or Granta is in the pond at Newport” (Harrison 103).