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.

Newland Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Exhall (juxta Coventry)

Historical Forms

  • Nova Terra 1291 Tax
  • New(e)londe 1303 Pat
  • le Newlond 1411 Coventry

Etymology

Newland Hall is Nova Terra 1291 Tax, New (e )londe 1303 Pat, le Newlond 1411Coventry . “Antiently an out-wood belonging to Coventre…had its name originally from the new inclosure, as the appropriation of it to the said Monastery in 44 H 3 manifesteth” (Dugdale 81).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement