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.

Long Newnton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Long Newnton

Historical Forms

  • Niuentun 681 BCS c.1125
  • Newentone 1086 DB
  • Newenton 1258 Ass 1387 Cl
  • Newenton juxta Malmesbury 1364 Ass
  • Long Newenton 1337 Cl
  • Newnton alias Longe Newnton 1571 NQvii

Etymology

From OE  (æt þām ) nīwan tūne , 'at the new farm,' v. tun . The epithet Long is hard to justify. The hamlet lies along a road but is not a particularly long one.