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.

Newsome Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Spofforth

Historical Forms

  • Neusone 1086 DB
  • Nehusum 1182–5 YCh199
  • Neuhusum 1197 YChx
  • Neusom, Neusum l.13 Heal63d 1310 Ch 1321 YDv 1334 YDvi

Etymology

Newsome Fm, Neusone 1086 DB, Nehusum 1182–5 YCh 199, Neuhusum 1197 YCh x, Neusom , Neusum l. 13Heal 63d, 1310 Ch, 1321 YD v, 1334 YD vi. '(At) the new houses', v. nīwe , hūs , -um , a common Y p.n.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name