Newington
Newington, town (1990 pop. 29,208), Hartford co., central Conn., a residential suburb of Hartford; settled 1670, inc. 1871. Its industries include milk processing and the manufacture of airplane parts, ball bearings, tools, and plumbing supplies.
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‘the new farmstead or estate’, OE nīwe (dative nīwan) + tūn: Newington Kent, near Hythe. Neventone (1086) (DB). Newington Kent, near Sittingbourne. Newetone (1086) (DB). Newington Oxfordshire Niwantun (c.1045), Nevtone (1086) (DB). Newington, North Oxfordshire Newinton (1200). Newington, South Oxfordshire Niwetone (1086) (DB). Newington, City of Stoke Greater London. Neutone (1086) (DB), Neweton City of Stoken (1274). Affix means ‘by the tree-stumps’ or ‘made of logs’, from OE stoccen.
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