Editing Newton Abbot (section)

==Toponymy==
Newton Abbot does not appear in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086. It is first documented in the late 12th century in Latin as ''Nova Villa'': "new farm". In 1201 it was recorded as ''Nieweton' abbatis'': "New settlement belonging to the abbot". The land was granted to [[Torre Abbey]] by William de Briwere in 1196.<ref>{{cite book|editor=[[Victor Watts|Watts, Victor]]|title=The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names|year=2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-16855-7|page=436}}</ref>

Robert Bussell acquired the area in the [[Highweek]] parish and [[Teignbridge Hundred]], which was then Newton Bushel.<ref name="H442"/> The twin towns worked together and their markets were eventually combined. Local noted antiquarian [[Cecil Torr]] states that the town continued to be known simply as Newton or Newton Bushel to the majority of people prior to the arrival of the railway, which named the station Newton Abbot in order to distinguish it from [[List of places called Newton in the United Kingdom|other towns called Newton]] on the railway network.<ref name=Torr>{{Cite book |last=Torr |first=Cecil |title=Small Talk at Wreyland: Volume II |year=1921 |pages=27|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028430266/page/n37/mode/2up?q=lustleigh}}</ref>

Even after the arrival of the railway, the mononym "Newton" remained in common use, with [[Richard Nicholls Worth]] noting in 1880 that "Newton is a modern development of the ancient towns of Newton Abbot and Newton Bushell, which the railway has made into an important centre".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nicholls Worth |first=Richard |url=https://archive.org/details/touristsguideto03unkngoog/page/n66/mode/2up |title=Tourist's guide to South Devon |publisher=[[Edward Stanford]] |year=1880 |location=London |pages=51}}</ref>