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Newnham.

A number of places in England:

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  1. A number of places in England: A council ward in Bedford, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref (approx) TL0749).

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  2. A number of places in England: A western suburb of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4357).

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  3. A number of places in England: A village and civil parish (served by Newnham on Severn Parish Council) in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO6911).

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  4. A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7054).

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  5. A number of places in England: A village and civil parish (served by Caldecote and Newnham Parish Council) in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2437).

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  6. A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Swale borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ9557).

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  7. A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5759).

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  8. A number of places in England: A hamlet in Aston Cantlow parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP1560).

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  9. A suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

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  10. A habitational surname from Old English.

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  11. Ellipsis of Newnham College, Cambridge.

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Where this word comes from

From Old English nēowan, weak dative form of nēowe (“new”), + hām (“village, hamlet”).

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