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 Leconfield

Historical Forms

  • Neuson 1086 DB

Etymology

( depopulated ) is Neuson 1086 DB . v. Newsome supra 27 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement