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.

Newsholme

Major Settlement in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Neuhuse 1086 DB
  • Neusum 1226 Ebor 1381 Whit
  • Neusom 1285 KI 1303 KF
  • Neuson 1316 Vill
  • Nowsom in Craven 1472 Pat
  • Newsholme 1567 PRGis 1586 WillY

Etymology

'(At) the new houses', v. nīwe , hūs , -um .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site