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.

Naunton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Winchcomb

Historical Forms

  • Niweton(e) 1086 DB 1175 WinchLB 13 Misc
  • Neuitton 1327 SR
  • Newinton(a), Newynton(a) 12–1257 WinchLB 1248 FF 1251 Ch 1354 Ipm
  • Newenton(a) 1236 Cl 1251 WinchLB 1287 Ass 1476 WinchLB
  • Newenton Abbatis 1287 Ass 1476 WinchLB
  • Newnton Hy6 AddCh 1469 Cl 1509 Pat
  • Naunton, Nawnton 1535 VE 1540 MinAcct 1543 AOMB 1702 PR

Etymology

'(At) the new farmstead', v. nīwe (obl. nīwan , nēowan ), tūn , and on the development of Newn - to Naun - cf. Frampton, Naunton (i, 199 supra , 104 infra ) and Phonol. § 22.