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.

Newark Priory and Mill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Send with Ripley

Historical Forms

  • Aldebury 1204 Dugdvi,383 1321 Ch 1320
  • (Prior de) Novo Loco de Andebir' 1210 FF
  • Aldebyria 1224 Bracton
  • Aldeburi in Sandes c.1200 Winton 1285
  • Aldebiri in Sandes 1320 Ch
  • (Prior de) Novo Loco 1220 ClR 1224 Bracton 1235 Ass
  • Novus Locus in Surreya latet.Hy3 BM
  • (Prior de) Novo Loco juxta Guldeford 1331 FF
  • Newewerk juxta Rippele t.Ed1 Ass
  • Newerk 1310 Cl 1412 FA
  • Newewerk 1349 WAM
  • Neuwerk 1351 WAM
  • (Priorat' de) Novo Loco al. Newark juxta Guldeford t.Hy8 MinAcct
  • Newark Mill 1654 Onslow

Etymology

The earliest name of the place was identical with Albury infra 219. The name was changed on the foundation of the priory here. The interchange between werk (OE  (ge)weorc) and MedLat  locus , used of an ecclesiastical foundation, is curious.