Newtown as a result was sometimes known as Novus Burgus de Clere, or Nova villa de Sandelford. In 1218, the grant of a market and a fair at Newtown was made to the Bishop of Winchester and in the bishop's account roll of 1218–19, fifty-two burgesses are listed. The burgesses occupied sixty-seven plots of land in the new borough.
Newtown was known by various names like Novus Burgus de Clere or Nova villa de Sandelford. In 1218, the Bishop of Winchester granted a market and fair to Newtown, and his records from that year list fifty-two residents who owned land in the new town.