Newby Stones
Early-attested site in the Parish of Morland
Historical Forms
- Newby staynes 1540 AOMB
- Newby staines 1606 FF
- Neuby Stones, Newby Stones 1558–79 ChancP 1580–1736 PR(Mrl) 1652 FF 1806 PR(L)
- -Stonnes 1580 PR(Mrl)
- -stons 1666 ib
- Newbistanes 1562 FF
- Nubie stones 1611 Kendi,306
Etymology
v. stān 'stone', used also as an affix in Newby (prec.). The significance of the name is not clear; 1777 M indicates that Newby Stones was Newby village, and the allusion could be to several old limestone quarries to the west of the village on Stone Hills.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Weathery Crook
- White Stone
- Airygill Lane
- Birk Rigg
- Bowberhill
- Bracken Hill
- Dallan Bank
- Field Head
- Graham's Wood
- Great Strickland Moor
- Hodge Wood
- Kitgill Hill
- Maudy Lane
- Mealy Syke
- Melkinthorpe Hall & Wood
- Moorside
- New Close Wood
- Oakstubbs Wood
- Old Park
- Oldscar Wood
- Otter Stones
- Pinch Park
- Pooley Wood
- Priestclose Lane
- Skeels
- Sourflatt Wood
- Stanley Bank
- Street Ho
- Strickland Mill
- Syke Ho
- Taylor Wood
- Town End
- Wood Ho
- Woodside
- Blands
- Capple Rigg
- Field Ho
- High Hall
- Low Hall
- Moorriggs
- Sandriggs
- Sheriff's Park
- Cote Bank
- Greenriggs
- Out Scar
- Pond Bottom Wood
- Shapbeck Gate
- Thrimby Grange, Hall, & Rigg
- Elm Ho
- Hill Top
- Kirkgate
- Lady Well
- Laitha
- Lane End
- Mansgrove
- Mill Stream
- Palmer Gill
- Quarry Lane
- Street Ho
- Teas Sike
- Threat Ridge
- Walridge
- Bessygarth Well
- Birdby
- Bolton Bridge, Hall, Mill, & Willows
- Brigham Bank
- Broadings Lane
- Coat Sike
- Crossrigg Hall
- Eden Grove
- Hanging Bank
- Ousen Stand
- Peatgate
- Stay Rigg
- Sweetmilk Sike
- Burwain
- Chitty Hill
- Docker Plant
- Fousonrigg Plant
- Hart Quarry
- Hung Riggs
- Keld, Keld Brow
- Mains Plant
- Milbers
- Millgate
- Peaselands
- Pedler's Stone
- Relandsgate
- Sideway Bank
- Sockenber
- Swair Gill
- Wickerfield
- Wormpots
- Akeygate
- Little Appleby
- Barnholme Wood
- Broadfold
- Byesteads
- Chapel Bridge & Well
- Copeland Sike
- Crosbar Place
- Dowgill
- Dowmoor Plant
- Eddy Ho
- Gatelands
- Greengill
- Harrins Ho(lost)
- Highfield
- Highgate
- Howe Gill
- Johnstone's Hill
- Leith Bank
- Morland Beck, Field, Hall, & Moor
- Scholar Well
- Town Head & Wood
- Winter Ho
- Angel Hill
- Bedlands Gate
- Birks
- Brown Howe
- Cracow
- Dead Tree Bank
- Grass Ing Plant
- Greengill Syke
- Gunner Keld, Gunner Well
- High Moor
- Howgill
- Ironshaw
- Kirkbride Hill
- Lansmere
- Longlands
- Marthergill
- Middleber
- Murber
- Newby End
- Sandwath Beck & Bridge
- Stone Hills
- Stonygill Bridge
- Thorney Croft
- White Stone
- Windrigg Hill
- Habers
- Hard Ing
- Low Moor
- Main Ing
- Mill Flatt
- New Mill Flat
- Birk Rein
- Sleagill Beck, Head, & Moor