Postal Problems Prompt Village Name Change

Residents in Newton have voted to change the name of the village for constantly getting mail for the wrong people.

16:53 15 March 2016

Newton, near Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, is reverting to its original name Newton in the Isle as residents get pissed off for constantly getting mail for the wrong people.

 

Following the approval of the name change, new road signs are now being drafted and could be in place by the summer.

 

 Council chairman Doug Fullbrook said that mail being sent without a full postcode often ends up in the wrong Newton.

 

"People coming to the village see 'Newton' on the highways signs then get to the middle of the village and see one of the lovely old signs which says Newton in the Isle, and they ask, how did this happen?

 

"Well, 600 years ago that was the name given to the village when it was formed as a settlement in about the 13th Century. The 'isle', of course, is the Isle of Ely," Mr Fullbrook said.

 

"Somewhere along the way someone decided to shorten the name."