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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Neuby 1170–80 YCh124 12 Ripi 13 1231 FF
  • Neuby on Yore, Neuby super Yore 1304 Ch 1444 YDv
  • Neweby 1166 P
  • Niweby 1239 FF
  • Neu(w)eby 1241,1300 Ebor
  • Newby 1452 RipAct 1579 PRRip
  • Newby super Yoore 1481 RipAct

Etymology

'The new farmstead', v. nīwe , ; it is near the R. Ure.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site