New Town
settlement · Bath and North East Somerset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
New Town is a common Old English name meaning 'new town'. It was typically applied to a newly established settlement or a town that had been rebuilt.
Word origins
- New
- Old EnglishAttestednew(from nīwe "new")
- Town
- Old EnglishAttestedtown(from tūn "enclosure, farmstead, village, town")