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Mossborough. (D.D.B. Moresburg.) It is iliftic-ult to determine whether 

 the present spelling of the initial syllable of this name is identical with 

 that of the pre-conquest period, and the Domesday spelling corrupt, or 

 whether the present is a corruption of the Domesday and also earlier form. 

 If the Domesday orthography is accepted, the etymology would be the 

 same as the initial syllable in Measham, Marston, Morleston, Morley, 

 and Morton. If the present form is taken the derivation would be from 

 A.S. meos — moss, or a place where moss grows in excess — a morass or 

 boggy place, or from N. moss a bog. The postfix is A.S. burh, burg, 

 burge, burhg, birig, byrig — a town, city, fort, castle, a fortified hill or 

 place ; — the fortified place on the moor, morass or bog. 

 Nether Padley.— A.S. neothan, neothone, neothe, nyther, nythor, nither, 

 nether— down, downwards, beneath — (neothera, neothra, nythera — lower), 

 and A.S. pada — a toad or frog, and A.S. leg, leag, lea, leah, lag, lah 

 — a meadow, a field, land ; -the lower frog field. 

 Netherthorp. — The derivation of the first component of this name is as 

 in Nether Padley, q.v. The postfix is N. thorp, throp, trop, torp (A.S. 

 thorpe, throp) — a village. The lower village. 

 Newbold. — (D.D.B. Nevvebold.) -A.S. niwe, niowe, neowe, niwo — new, 

 late, young, and A.S. bol— the bole or body or trunk of a tree ; — the 

 young tree bole or trunk, or the place by the young tree trunk ; or 

 perhaps the postfix is from A.S. bold— a dwelling ;— the new dwelling. 

 Newhaven.— A.S. niwe, niowe, neowe, niwo new, and A.S. htefen— a 



haven, a port, a refuge, a resting place ;— the new refuge or resting place. 

 Newton. — (D.D.B. Nevtvne.)— A.S. niwe, niowe, neowe, niwo — new, late, 



young, and A.S. tun — a town ;— the new town. 

 Newton Grange.— (D.D.B. Nevtvne.)— For the derivation of Newton, 



see above. For the adjunct c.f. Ivenbrook Grange, supra. 

 Newton Solney. — For the derivation of Newton, see above. Solney 

 is a personal name appended to the name of the town when it became 

 the seat of the Solneys, an ancient family whose co-heiresses married Sir 

 Nicholas Longford and Sir Thomas Stafford. 

 Norbury.— (D.D.B. Nordberie, Nortberie).— A.S. north— north, and A.S. 

 burh, burg, bulge; burhg, birig, byrig— a city, town, fort, castle, a 

 fortified hill or place ; — the north city, fort, or castle. 

 Normanton.— (D.D.B. Normanestune, Normantvne, Normentvne.)— A.S. 

 Northman— a north man, or a Norman (A.S. Normen— Normans), and 

 A.S. tun — a town; — the north man's or the Normans' town. 

 Normanton, Temple.— (D.D.B. Normantune.)— For Normanton, see 

 above. The adjunct is N.F., and both as a prefix and suffix marks 

 the property of the Knights Templars. 

 North Lees.— See Lees, North. 



