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 Newland

Historical Forms

  • Nova Terra 1127 Ch 1321
  • Nova Landa 1232 Ch c.1245 Bodl5 1255 Ass
  • Newelond 1327 SR

Etymology

Descriptive of land newly acquired by the Priory of Malvern from the gift of Gilbert Crispin of Westminster (cf. VCH iv. 126).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site