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.

Newlands

Other OS name in the Parish of St Stephens

Historical Forms

  • Newelond 1291 Tax
  • Nova Terra c.1330 Gesta
  • Newlande 1544 Dugdii

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Newelond 1291Tax, Nova Terra c. 1330 Gesta, Newlande 1544 Dugd ii , i.e. ( probably ) ' land recently taken into cultivation . '