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.

Newton Morrell

Major Settlement in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Neuton(e) 1086 DB
  • Neuton(e) Morell 1157 RichReg

Etymology

v. niwe , tun . Morell was the name of a family of landowners here (VCH i. 150).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site