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 Harewood

Historical Forms

  • Neuby 1182–5 YCh199 13 Font
  • Newbie, Newby 1539 TestLds 1638 PRHrd
  • Nuby, Nubie 1580 Dep 1614 PRHrd

Etymology

Newby, Neuby 1182–5 YCh 199, 13 Font, Newbie , Newby 1539 TestLds, 1638 PRHrd, Nuby , Nubie 1580Dep , 1614 PRHrd. 'The new farmstead', v. nīwe , , a fairly common p.n. Newby is a farmstead in the west of the township.