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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Drax

Historical Forms

  • New(e)land 1234 FF 1272 YDiii 1337 Selby 1587 FF
  • Newelaund', la Neouelaund 1246 Ass4,27d
  • Neuland(e) 1246 Ass28d 1247–55,l.Hy3 YI 1419 YDviii
  • Neuland(e) in Drax 1280 Ass 1293 Selby
  • Neuland(e) on Ayre 1328 Banco
  • Nova(m) terra(m) l.Hy3,1295 YI

Etymology

v. nīwe , land , denoting land newly recovered from marsh. The place occupies the low-lying land enclosed by the Ouse and the Aire and was originally cut off on the west by an old course of the Aire (v. Hawday 9supra ).