Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWSHOLME, or Newsham

NEWSHOLME, or Newsham, a hamlet and a township in Wressell parish, E. R. Yorkshire. The hamlet lies adjacent to the Selby and Hull railway, 1¾ mile N W of Howden. The township contains also the hamlet of Brind. Acres, 2, 400. Real property, £2, 796. Pop., 203.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet and a town-ship"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wressell AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: NEWSHAM     |     NEWSHOLME     |     NEWSHOLME OR NEWSHAM
Place: Newsholme

Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.