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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Keighley

Historical Forms

  • Neuhuse 1086 DB
  • Neusum 1254 YI 1285 KI
  • Neusom 1250–9 YChvii 1303 KF
  • Newson 1504 NCWills
  • Newsome 1577 Whit 1614 FF
  • Newsham 1608 FF

Etymology

Newsholme, Neuhuse 1086 DB, Neusum 1254 YI, 1285 KI, Neusom 1250–9 YCh vii, 1303 KF, Newson 1504 NCWills, Newsome 1577 Whit 11, 1614 FF, Newsham 1608 FF. '(At) the new houses', v. nīwe , hūs , -um , a freq. Y p.n.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement