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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Pickering

Historical Forms

  • Neuton, Newetone, Newetun(e) 1086 DB 1242 P

Etymology

'New farm' v. niwe , tun .