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.

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).