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.

Newmarket Haigh

Other OS name in the Parish of Rothwell

Historical Forms

  • Newmarkit, Newmarket 1742 PRRth 1771 M

Etymology

, Newmarkit , Newmarket 1742 PRRth, 1771 M , v. nīwe , market , haga ; the allusion is obscure .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name