Newsham, with Brind
NEWSHAM, with Brind, a township, in the parish of Wressel, union of Howden, Holme-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York, 2¼ miles (W. N. W.) from Howden; containing 199 inhabitants. It is situated on the river Derwent, over which a good bridge was erected about 1800, at a cost of £4000. The village is distant a mile and a half southby-east from that of Wressel.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.