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.

Newtimber

Major Settlement in the Parish of Newtimber

Historical Forms

  • Nitimbre 950 BCS1055 1291 Tax
  • Nytimbre 1248 Ass 1284 Ipm 1296,1327 SR
  • Nytymbre 1340 NI 1394 LewesDeeds
  • Niuembre 1086 DB
  • Newetymber 1270 FF
  • Neutimbre 1432 IpmR

Etymology

v. niwe , timber . Cf. Nyetimber supra 95, 175 and Introd. xv, xxix for some of the early forms.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site