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.

Newstead

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thornton Dale

Historical Forms

Neustede 1335 ForP

Newstede in lez Marres 1534 Riev

Etymology

'New place' v. niwe , stede . Newstead is in Pickering Marishes. Marres is from Fr marais 'marsh.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement