Newsham, Yorkshire
| Newsham | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 Newsham | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ149078 |
| Location: | 54°29’8"N, 1°50’13"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 306 (2011) |
| Post town: | Richmond |
| Postcode: | DL11 |
| Dialling code: | 01833 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Richmondshire |
Newsham is a village in the North Riding of Yorkshire, eight miles north-west of Richmond[1] and 13 miles south-west of Darlington, the latter across in County Durham.
History
The settlement of Newsham predates the Domesday Book, although the name of the village derives from the Old English [æt þæm] neowan husum, which means [at the] New Houses.[2] At the time of the Norman Conquest, Newsham belonged to Sprot and Ulfkil.[3] By the time of the Domesday Book assessment, the land was in the hands of Count Alan and later passed to Minotts (of Carlton Miniott) in 1285 and then being seized by the Markenfield family by 1497.[4]
During the Stuart and Tudor periods, the village was regarded as quite important due to its market, of which the grade II listed market cross still exists, having been erected in the 16th century.[5] Another grade II listed building in the village is Newsham Hall, now a farmhouse, it once housed a boarding school in the early 19th century.[6]
In 1870-72 John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newsham as:
"a township and a sub-district in Richmond district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 8 miles N W of Richmond, and is in Kirkby-Ravensworth and Barningham parishes. Acres, 3, 312. Real property, £3, 974. Pop. in 1851, 434; in 1861, 366. Houses, 84. Pop. of the Kirkby-Ravensworth portion, in 1851, 333; in 1861, 283. Houses, 61. Much of the surfaceis moor and woodland.—The sub-district contains also seven other townships. Acres, 16, 481. Pop., 1, 413. Houses, 313."[7]
Community and culture
Newsham has a village hall[8] and a village green, on which an annual carnival takes place in May/June.[9] The village was once home to a public house, The Pipes Tavern,[10] however it has since closed, the Smallways Country Inn[11] and the Rokeby Inn[12] (formerly the A66 Motel) are less than a mile north of the village on a junction with the A66 road.
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References
- ↑ "History of Newsham, in Richmondshire and North Riding | Map and description". http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13814. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 341 ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ Newsham, Yorkshire in the Domesday Book
- ↑ A History of the County of York: North Riding - Volume 1 pp 87-97: Parishes: Kirkby Ravensworth (Victoria County History)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1131302: Market Cross and Stocks (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1131299: Newsham Hall (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "History of Newsham, in Richmondshire and North Riding | Map and description". https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13814. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ↑ "Newsham Village Hall – The Village Hall Association". http://www.thevillagehalls.co.uk/the-halls/newsham-village-hall/. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ↑ "Newsham Carnival". The Northern Echo. 29 May 2014. http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11243534.Newsham_Carnival/. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ↑ "Teesdale Mercury archive classifieds, showing advertisement for The Pipes Tavern". http://teesdalemercuryarchive.org/pdf/1980/April-30/April-30-1980-06.pdf. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ↑ "Barningham Flyer, showing advertisement for Smallways.". https://barninghamvillage.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Flyer-132-August-2019-Newsham.pdf. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ↑ "Public House | Rokeby Inn | North Yorkshire". https://www.rokebyinn.co.uk/. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
