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.

Little Newbury Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Shellingford

Historical Forms

  • Little Newbury 1830 OS

Etymology

, Little Newbury 1830 OS , a name of the same type as Little London , v. 540f . VCH iv, 475 , says that lands called Little Newbury are mentioned in 1539 . The name is probably responsible for that of the manor of Shellingford Newbury , for which v. supra .