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.

Newbottle

Major Settlement in the Parish of Newbottle

Historical Forms

  • Neubote, Niwebotle 1086 DB
  • Neubotha 1121–9 France
  • Neubote 1166 LN
  • Neubotl(e) 1148–66 Dunstable 1331 Ipm
  • Neubothle 1205 Pap 1256 Dunstable 13th ADii
  • Newbolthl(e) 1242 Fees
  • Neupotle 1210–12 RBE
  • Newebaud 1247 Ass

Etymology

'New building,' v. niwe , boðl . Cf. Newbold supra 17, and Nobottle Grove infra 78.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site