New Street

English

Proper noun

New Street

  1. A hamlet in Lyonshall parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3356). [1][2]
  2. A hamlet in Ash-cum-Ridley parish, Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6264).
  3. A hamlet in Ipstones parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England, also spelt Newstreet (OS grid ref SK0552). [3]

Usage notes

Also a relatively common street name. Streets so named were new once - New Street in Birmingham dates back to the 13th century.

    • 2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 57:
      "Charles II, who was crowned here a little while before, occupied an old house (which is still standing) in New Street [Worcester], from which he escaped by the back door, as the enemy rushed in at the front."

References

  1. ^ British Place Names
  2. ^ Gazetteer of British Place Names
  3. ^ List of United Kingdom locations: Newm-Newto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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