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 sometimes known as 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.