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.

Newby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Neubi, Neuby Hy2 BM 1160–1267

Etymology

Newby, Neubi , Neuby Hy 2 BM, 1160–1267 Furn (freq ), Newby 1165–77, 1177, 1260 ib, 1613YAS Md 293, Chas 1Surv , Nuby , Nubie 1210–30 Furn, 1642 PRClp. 'New farmstead', v. nīwe , .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement