Newton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Newton
Historical Forms
- (to) niwantune c.972 ASCh
- Newenton, Nuenton 1285 Ass
- Neuton(e) c.1213 Fees 1457 Pat
- Neuton(e) iuxta Leuerington 1285 Ass
- Neuton(e) in Mers(che)lond 1298 ib
- Neuton(e) by Wysbech 1354 Pat
- Newton(e) 1291 Tax
- Newton(e) Colvyle t.Eliz Colexxxvii
- Colville (1360 Ipm)
Etymology
'The new farm,' v. nīwe , tūn . Colvyle from the family of John de Colville (1360 Ipm). Merschelond is the neighbouring Marshland (Nf).