In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Newsome like this:

Newsome, eccl. dist., Almondbury par., West-Riding Yorkshire, on SE. side of Huddersfield, pop. 1494.

Newsome through time

Newsome is now part of KIRKLEES District. Click here for graphs and data of how KIRKLEES has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newsome itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newsome, in Kirklees and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24872

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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