Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Neuhuse 1086 DB

• Neuhus 1143–7 Dane 1143–52 Newh Ed1 Dane a1147,c.1150 Newh 1153–4 Dane Ed1 Pap c.1155,1155–60,1160–66,1177 1349

• Neuhusa a1150 Dane

• Neuhous (iuxta Vlsebiam) 1236–47 HarlCh 1275 Cl 1291 Tax 1296 Cl 1335 Pat 1431 FA

• Neuhouse 1325 Cl 1327,1333 Pat 1433 Visit

• Neuhows 1409 Pap

• Neuahus 1143–47 Dane

• Nehus c.1150,c.1155,eHy2,1177 Dane 1283 Pat

• Neus a1155 Dane 1200 OblR

• Newehus c.1141 BMFacs 1190–5 Dane 1191,1192,1193,1194,1195,1197,1199 P 1271 FF

• Newehuse 1199 CurR 1303 Pat

• Newehouse 1311 Pat

• Newehous 1334 Cl 1348 Pat 1364 Cl

• Newhus 1196 ChancR 1224 Cur 1271 FF 1292 RSu

• Newhouse 1201 Abbr

• Newhous 1305 1375 Works 1382 Cl 1428 FA

• Newhows 1451 DCAcct

• Newhows aliter Newsom 1509 HarlCh 1519 ECB

• Newhowse 1535 VEiv

• Niewehus 1177 Dane

• Niwehus 1177,1190,1205 ChancR

• Niehus 1205 P

• Neosum c.1115 LS

• Neuhusum lHy2 Dane

• Neusum 1222 Cur 1256 Pat 1257 Ch 1316,1317 Cl 1320 Pap 1347 Cl

• Neusom 1310,1312,1316 Cl 1316 FA 1323 Pat 1334 Cl 1343 NI 1450 LDD

• Neusom alias Neuhouse 1495 IBL

• Neusome 1382 Gaunt 1450 LDD

• Neusam 1316 Pat

• Nusum 1363 Ipm 1375 Works 1428 FA

• Newsum 1318,1400 Pap

• Newesum 1327 SR

• Newsom 1417 Cl 1509–10 LPi 1526 Sub

• scitum nuper monasterii de Newsom 1536 HarlCh 1538 LPxiii 1547 Pat

• Newsom alias Newsham 1570 ib

• Newsome 1538 LPxiii 1552 FCP 1556 AASRxxxvii 1564 Pat

• Newsome sive Newsham 1609 Foster

• Newesom 1395 Cl 1395 Pat 1401–2 FA 1410 Cl

• Newsome 1527 HarlCh

• Neusun 1261 Cl

• Newsun 1279 Pat

• Neweson 1323 Cl

• Newson 1535 VEiv

• Newesonhouse 1383 Gaunt

• Newesham 1571 Yarb

• Newshame als Newsome 1628 ib

• Newsham ab: 1576 Saxton

• Newsham Abbye 1610 Speed

Etymology

There are two alternative forms of this name. Ekwall, Studies3 33, would presumably interpret the DB Neuhuse as the nom.pl. of hūs 'a house', though all the rest in -hus , -hous (e ), -hows appear to represent the nom.sg., hence 'the new house(s)', v. nīwe , hūs .The alternative form, represented by the LS Neosum and forms in -um , -om (e ), -on , is from the dat.pl. æt nīwan hūsum 'at the new houses'. It is the latter which has given Newsham , the weakly stressed ending having been interpreted in the 16th century as -ham , and this would suggest that this was the form most commonly used locally. The same development has taken place in Howsham (in Cadney) infra , also from the dat.pl. of hūs . Ekwall, DEPN s.v. hūs , points out that this word “is mostly found in Scandinavian England and chiefly in the (dat.) plur.” Fellows-Jensen, SSNEM 136–7, points out that hūsum is a type of name common in Denmark and suggests that “it seems reasonable to accept Howsham as being of Scandinavian origin”. The dat.pl. form of Newsham is probably to be interpreted in a similar way. Newsham is once described as iuxta Vlsebiam 'next to, by Ulceby'.