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.

Newfoundland Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Ilmington

Historical Forms

  • Newfound Well House ib.

Etymology

is Newfound Well House ib. and probably referred to a newly discovered chalybeate spring , the modern form being corrupt .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement