Long Newnton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Long Newnton
Historical Forms
- Niuentun 681 BCS e.12th
- le niwe heme wodeweye 680 BCS
- Newenton(e), Newetuna 1065 KCD817 1086 DB 1258 Ass
- Lange Newetuna 1287 ib
- Long Newetuna 1337 Cl
- Neweynton 1437 Pat
- Longnewnton 1585 FF
Etymology
'(At) the new farmstead', v. nīwe (wk. obl. nīwan ), tūn . 'Long' refers possibly to the lane along which the houses of the hamlet are dispersed or to the length of the parish; niwe heme is 'Newton dwellers', v. hǣme .