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.

Newerne

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lydney

Historical Forms

  • Niware 1086 DB
  • Newerra Hy1 Monast
  • Newern(e) c.1275,1282 For 1342 GlR
  • Newarne 1348 GlR 1355 Heref 1481 FF

Etymology

'The new house', v . nīwe, ærn, and cf. Newarne (218supra ).