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.

Woodnewton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Woodnewton

Historical Forms

  • Niwetone 1086 DB
  • Neweton 12th Survey 1209 Seld13
  • Newinton 1166 P(CR)
  • Newenton 1196 FF 1220 Fees 1384 Cl
  • Wodeneuton 1255 Seld13 1324 Ch
  • Wode Neuton juxta Apthorp 1298 FF
  • Wodenewenton 1305 FF
  • Newton al. Wood Newton 1599 Recov

Etymology

'New farm,' v. tun . Distinguished from the other Northamptonshire Newtons by its situation within the Forest of Cliffe.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site