English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Newholm

Major Settlement in the Parish of Whitby

Historical Forms

  • Neu(e)ham 1086 DB
  • Neweham c.1100–1125 Whitby

Etymology

'New homestead' v. niwe , ham . Cf. Newham 163infra .