Newark
Major Settlement in the Parish of Borough of Newark
Historical Forms
- Newarcha 1060–6 KCD818 c.1200
- Niweweorce c.1080 Eynsham c.1195
- Neuwerca c.1130 RegAntiq
- Niwerc 1154–6 ib
- Neuuerche 1086 DB
- Newerc(h)e ib. et passim, with variant spellings Newerc, Newerk(e) and Niwerc(h)e, Neuwerc(h)e
- Niwewerch 1175,1176 P
- Neowerch' 1215 RegAntiq
- Nouwerk 1235 Ch
Etymology
'The new “work” or fortification,' v. (ge)weorc. The date of its foundation is uncertain, though it was undoubtedly pre- Conquest. The name was presumably given in contrast to Old-wark infra 222, the site of the Romano-British Margidunum , eleven miles to the south-west along the Fosse Way.