Newsham, Richmondshire

Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Newsham

Newsham

Newsham

Location within North Yorkshire

Population| 306 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference| NZ149078
Unitary authority|

* North Yorkshire

Ceremonial county|

* North Yorkshire

Region|

* Yorkshire and the Humber

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| RICHMOND
Postcode district| DL11
Dialling code| 01833
Police| North Yorkshire
Fire| North Yorkshire
Ambulance| Yorkshire

List of places

England
Yorkshire

54°29′08″N 1°50′13″W﻿ / ﻿54.4856°N 1.8370°W﻿ / 54.4856; -1.8370

Newsham is a village and civil parish in the former Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is 8 miles (13 km) north west of Richmond[2] and 13 miles (21 km) south west of Darlington.[3]

## History

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The settlement of Newsham predates the Domesday Book, although the name of the village derives from the Old English nēowan hūsum, which means New Houses.[4] At the time of the Norman Conquest, Newsham belonged to Sprot and Ulfkil.[5] After 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.[6]

During the Stuart and Tudor periods, the village was regarded as quite important due to its market,[7] of which the grade II listed market cross still exists, having been erected in the 16th century.[8] 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.[9]

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."[10]

## Governance

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Now a separate parish, Newsham was formerly part of the Kirkby Ravensworth, which also included Dalton, Gayles and Whashton. The village lies within the Richmond (Yorks) parliamentary constituency, which is under the control of the Conservative Party. The current Member of Parliament, since the 2015 general election, is Rishi Sunak. Newsham is part of the Richmondshire District Council electoral ward of Gilling West.[11]

## Community and culture

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Newsham has a village hall[12] and a village green, on which an annual carnival takes place in May/June.[13] The village was once home to a public house, The Pipes Tavern,[14] however it has since closed, the Smallways Country Inn[15] and the Rokeby Inn[16] (formerly the A66 Motel) are less than a mile north of the village on a junction with the A66 road.

## References

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1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Newsham Parish (1170217175)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
2. ^ "History of Newsham, in Richmondshire and North Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
3. ^ "304" (Map). Darlington & Richmond. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319245569.
4. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 341\. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
5. ^ Powell-Smith, Anna. "Newsham | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
6. ^ "Parishes: Kirkby Ravensworth | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
7. ^ "NEWSHAM Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan" (PDF). richmondshire.gov.uk. p. 4. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
8. ^ Historic England. "Market Cross and Stocks (Grade II) (1131302)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
9. ^ Historic England. "NEWSHAM HALL, Newsham (1131299)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
10. ^ "History of Newsham, in Richmondshire and North Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
11. ^ "Gilling West ward map, showing Newsham" (PDF). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
12. ^ "Newsham Village Hall – The Village Hall Association". www.thevillagehalls.co.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
13. ^ "Newsham Carnival". The Northern Echo. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
14. ^ "Teesdale Mercury archive classifieds, showing advertisement for The Pipes Tavern" (PDF). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
15. ^ "Barningham Flyer, showing advertisement for Smallways" (PDF). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
16. ^ "Public House | Rokeby Inn | North Yorkshire". rokebyinn. Retrieved 26 May 2020.

## External links

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Media related to Newsham, Richmondshire at Wikimedia Commons