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.

Newtown

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wem

Historical Forms

  • Neuton by Wemme 1373 Cl
  • Newton vill 1586–7 RentSur
  • Newtowne 1588–9 1695 PR(L)
  • Newtown 1652 ib
  • Newton 1673,1726 ib

Etymology

'New settlement', a common name in Sa as elsewhere. Cf. Newton in Ellesmere supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name