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 le Willows

Major Settlement in the Parish of Patrick Brompton

Historical Forms

  • Neuton 1086 DB
  • Neuton in le Wilughes 1300 Ebor
  • Neuton in le Wilighes 1344 Ebor

Etymology

'New farm' and later distinguished as 'where willows abound' v. niwe , tun , and Barton le Willows (Bulm) 38supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site