Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Neuwelande c.1230,1318 GlR

• le New(e)lond(e), la New(e)lond(e), New(e)lond(e) 1248 Ass 1260–5 GlChi,25 c.1280 GlR 1465 et freq

• New(e)land(e) 1559 1616 Dep

• Noua terra c.1270,1304 GlR 13 Glouc

Etymology

'The new land', that is, 'land newly recovered from waste', v. nīwe , land . The land was north of the city on both sides of the Twyver from the Outer Northgate towards the Severn and St Margaret's Hospital (cf. GlR 334, 1589Dep ).