Newsham

Other current and historical names

Kirby Wiske
Newsham With Breckenbrough

Parish/Community: Newsham with Breckenbrough
District/Borough: Hambleton
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 54°15'27"N 1°25'6"W
Eastings/Northings: 437980, 484829
OS Grid: SE379848
Mapcode Local: GBR LMJ6.PH
Mapcode Global: WHD8G.57SS

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Newsham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Newsham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Newsham with Breckenbrough, township, Kirby Wiske par., North-Riding Yorkshire, on river Swale, 4 miles NW. of Thirsk, 1914 ac., pop. 210.

Newsham in the Domesday Book

A village in Yarlestre hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh son of Baldric
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh son of Baldric
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ligulf; Another Ligulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066

British Place Names

Newsham, North Yorkshire

Newsham is a village in North Yorkshire

Newsham in historic gazetteers

Newsham in the Domesday Book