Fife Place-name Data

Newton

Newton ATL S NT202899 1 395 145m SEF

lie Newtoun 1539 RMS iii no. 2264 [lie Newtoun et Cragtoun de Ouchtertuill]
Newtoun 1654 Blaeu (Pont) West Fife
Newtoun de Auchtertule 1616 RMS vii no. 1584
Newton 1642 Gordon MS Fife
Newtoun 1654 Blaeu (Gordon) Fife
Newtown 1753 Roy sheet 17, 5
Newtown 1775 Ainslie/Fife

Sc new + Sc toun

This was a subdivision of the episcopal estate of Auchtertool. See also Craigton and Walton. The name has also survived in the OS Pathf. Newton Braes.

This place-name appeared in printed volume 1

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