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.

Naunton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ripple

Historical Forms

  • Newentone c.1120 Hab 17th RBB 1299 18th
  • Nounton 1182 RBB 18th
  • Newyntone 1275 SR 1375 Wigorn
  • Newton 1373 Wigorn
  • Nawnton 1548 Pat

Etymology

'New farm,' cf. Naunton Beauchamp infra 215 and Naunton in Severn Stoke infra 228.

Places in the same Parish