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.

Newsham

Other OS name in the Parish of Castle Sowerby

Historical Forms

  • Newsom 1330 FF
  • Noysom 1602 PR(Greystoke)
  • Nusam 1736 ib

Etymology

is Newsom 1330 FF, Noysom 1602 PR(Greystoke), Nusam 1736 ib . ' At the new houses , ' from the dative plural of hūs . Cf. DEPN under Newsham .