Kings Newnham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Kings Newnham
Historical Forms
- Neowenham 1043 KCD916 17th
- Newenham c.1045 KCD939 17th Monast 1547
- Niweham 1122 Ch 1314
- New(e)ham c.1170 1314 P 1174
- Newham Kinges 1275 RH
- Newenham Kynges 1285 Ass
- Kynges Newnam 1479 ADv
Etymology
Self-explanatory, v. niwe , ham(m). “This, for distinction from another Newnham , within the same Hundred, is called Newnham -Regis , in respect that the King was antiently possessed of it” (Dugdale 66, with marginal reference to 1275 RH).