Newton Reigny

Newton Reigny
Newton Reigny
	; The Parish Church of St. John, Newton Reigny
	Newton Reigny Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY478315
Civil parish	Catterlen;
District	Eden;
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA11
Dialling code	01768
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and The Border;

Newton Reigny is a village in the Eden District, in the English county of Cumbria, near the town of Penrith.

Etymology

"'New tūn'...This was held in 1185...by William de Reigni." [1] Therefore, 'new village' (from the Old English), 'held by Reigny'.

Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol.xx. Part 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 228.

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Cumbria County History Trust: Newton Reigny (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
Newton Reigny at GEOnet Names Server

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