The story
- Old English · derived from(æt þǣm) nīwe hūsum“(at the) new houses”
- English todayNewsome
After one or more places so named in Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, and Yorkshire, from Old English (æt þǣm) nīwe hūsum (“(at the) new houses”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.