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 Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Neubi, Neuby 12 Sawl4d c.1250,c.1280 Puds 1285 KI
  • New(e)by(e) 1306,1342 Puds 1617 FF

Etymology

Newby, Neubi , Neuby 12Sawl 4d, c. 1250, c. 1280 Puds, 1285 KI, New (e )by (e )1306, 1342 Pudset freq to 1617 FF. 'New farmstead', v. nīwe , .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site