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.

Newsham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirby Wiske

Historical Forms

  • Neuhuse 1086 DB
  • Neu(e)husum 1086 DB 1088 LVD51
  • Neusum 1231 Ass
  • Westhuse 1086 DB

Etymology

v. niwe , hus . There was also in this par. a place called Westhuse 1086 DB.

Places in the same Parish