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.

New Laithes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Guiseley

Historical Forms

  • Newlathgrandge 1537 WillY
  • Newleythe 1556 ib
  • Newlathes 1586 ib
  • Newlathe 1627 PRGs

Etymology

New Laithes, 1817 M, Newlathgrandge 1537 WillY, Newleythe 1556 ib, Newlathes 1586 ib, Newlathe 1627 PRGs. 'New barns', v. nīwe , hlaða , grange . Cf. also Newlay iii, 214supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site