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.

Temple Newsam

Major Settlement in the Parish of Whitkirk

Historical Forms

  • Neuhusu' 1086 DB
  • Neuhusum 1197 FF
  • Newsam 1137–9 YCh1492 16
  • Newesum 1248 Ch
  • Nieuhus 1154–66 YCh1770
  • Ne(u)hus 1185 Templar
  • Neusom, Neusum 1276 RH 1279–81 QW 1285 KI 1428 FA
  • Temple Neusum 1323 MinAcct 1337 Ch 1380 BM
  • Temple Newsom(e), Temple Newsum 1419 YI 1444 Dugdvii 1453 ADi 1654 WillS

Etymology

'(At) the new houses', v. nīwe , hūs , -um , a common type of Y p.n. 'Temple' (v. tempel ) from its possession by the Knights Templars (cf. 1185 Templar, Dugd vii, 838, 1248 Ch, etc.), as in Temple Hirst 22supra .