Newby (from

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

''Nýbýr'' = ''new farmstead'') may refer to:

Places

England

Cumbria

* Newby, Cumbria, near Penrith *

Newby Bridge Newby Bridge is a small hamlet in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is located several miles west of Grange-over-Sands and is on the River Leven, close to the southern end of Windermere. The hamlet is the site ...

, in Furness

Lancashire

* Newby, Lancashire, historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

Newby, Craven Clapham cum Newby is a civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It was formerly in the Settle Rural District. It contains the villages of Clapham and Newby. According to the 2001 UK census, Clapham cum Newby parish had ...

Newby, Hambleton Newby is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. Close to the border with the borough of Middlesbrough and from the centre of Middlesbrough. Newby is located west from the North York Moors at its cl ...

, near Stokesley *

Newby Wiske Newby Wiske is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Wiske, about five miles north-west of Thirsk. History The village has always belonged to the manor of Kirby Wiske. ...

, Hambleton *

Newby, Huby Huby is a village in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England about five miles south-west of Harrogate. The village is on the A658 between Otley and Harrogate. It is served by Weeton railway station on the line which links Leeds wi ...

, Harrogate *

Newby, Skelton-on-Ure Newby with Mulwith is a civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies south east of Ripon, on the north bank of the River Ure and adjacent to the village of Skelton-on-Ure. Most of the parish consists of the ground ...

, Harrogate District **

Newby Hall Newby Hall is a country house beside the River Ure in the parish of Skelton-on-Ure in North Yorkshire, England. It is 3 miles south-east of Ripon and 6 miles south of Topcliffe Castle, by which the manor of Newby was originally held. A Grade ...

, an 18th-century country house * Newby-on-Swale, Harrogate District, a deserted medieval village **

Newby Park Queen Mary's School is an independent day and boarding school for girls in Baldersby Park near Topcliffe, between Ripon and Thirsk in North Yorkshire, England. Established in 1921, the school is set on of landscaped grounds and houses approx ...

*Newby, Scarborough ** Newby and Scalby, Scarborough *

Newby Head Newby Head, Newby Head Farm or Newby Head Inn is part of the Beresford Estate and was a popular drovers' inn in North Yorkshire, England. Now a farmhouse, it stands at the top of Newby Head Pass on the B6255 road between Ingleton and Hawes. ...

, a former inn, now a farm, near Ribblehead in Craven

Elsewhere

* Newby, Illinois

People

Basil Newby Joseph Warren Basil Newby (born 1 October 1951) is an English entrepreneur and businessman. Simply known as Basil, he was born in the Fylde coast town of Blackpool, Lancashire, where he has lived and worked all his life. Newby worked as a blueco ...

(born 1951), British entrepreneur and businessman * Brendan Newby (born 1996), Irish-American freestyle skier *

Chas Newby Charles Newby (born 18 June 1941) is a British musician who was briefly the bassist for the Beatles for several gigs in December 1960, while Stuart Sutcliffe was still in Hamburg focusing on his art career. Career When the Beatles returned f ...

(born 1941), English musician, temporarily bassist for The Beatles *

Chris Newby Christopher Newby (born 1957, Leeds, England) is a British film director and screenwriter. He studied at Leeds Polytechnic and The Royal College of Art in London. He has made several short films, including ''The Old Man and the Sea'', an evocativ ...

(born 1957), British film director and screenwriter *

Craig Newby Craig Alan Newby (born 27 July 1979) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. Newby spent the bulk of his career in New Zealand, playing for Otago, the Highlanders, North Harbour and the Blues. He had a short stint with Newcastle Falco ...

(born 1979), New Zealand rugby player *

Dangerfield Newby Dangerfield F. Newby (c. 1820 – October 17, 1859), described as a "huge mulatto", was the oldest of John Brown (abolitionist), John Brown's raiders, one of John Brown's raiders#Black participation, the five black raiders. He died during John Brow ...

(1815–1859), American abolitionist *

Edward W. B. Newby Edward W. B. Newby (1804–1870) American soldier, a colonel of volunteers in the Mexican–American War, a captain of cavalry in the early campaigns of the American Indian Wars in the west and a major in the American Civil War. Newby was born in ...

(1804–1870), American soldier *

Eric Newby George Eric Newby (6 December 1919 – 20 October 2006) was an English travel writer. His works include '' A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush'', '' The Last Grain Race'' and ''A Small Place in Italy''. Early life Newby was born in Barnes, London, ...

(1919–2006), English author *

Frank Newby Frank Newby (26 March 1926 – 10 May 2001) was one of the leading structural engineers of the 20th century, working with such architects as Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, Eero Saarinen, Cedric Price,James Gowan (architect) James Stirling, an ...

(1926–2001), eminent structural engineer *Sir

Howard Newby Sir Howard Joseph Newby (born 10 December 1947) is a British sociologist. He was appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Liverpool in 2008 and retired in December 2014. He was vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton from 1994 to ...

(1947–2010), British sociologist * Joey Newby (born 1982), American professional baseball player * Jon Newby (born 1978), British football (soccer) player *

Jonathon Newby Jonathon Newby was the lead singer of the post-hardcore/progressive rock band Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. A ...

, American singer *

Kenneth Newby Kenneth Newby (born 1956) is a Canadian media artist, composer-performer, educator, interaction designer, and audio producer based in British Columbia. He is known for his innovative use of technology in the creation of music, media performances ...

(born 1956), Canadian composer, performer and media artist *

Oliver Newby Oliver James Newby (born 26 August 1984) is an English former cricketer who predominantly played for Lancashire. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler with the ability to extract bounce from a cricket surface. Career He is a product of the Lan ...

(born 1984), English cricketer *

Paul Martin Newby Paul Martin Newby (born May 5, 1955) is an American judge, who was first elected to a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court in 2004. He was elected Chief Justice in 2020. Early life and education Newby was born in Asheboro, North Carolina. H ...

(born 1955), American judge *

Paula Newby-Fraser Paula Newby-Fraser (born 2 June 1962 in Harare) is an Ironman triathlete and duathlete. Biography Newby-Fraser was born in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and raised in South Africa, where she was a nationally ranked swimmer as a ...

(born 1962), African athlete *

P. H. Newby Percy Howard Newby CBE (25 June 1918 – 6 September 1997) was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator. He was the first winner of the Booker Prize, his novel ''Something to Answer For'' having received the inaugural award in 1969. ...

(1918–1997), English novelist, winner of the first Booker Prize *

Richard Newby, Baron Newby Richard Mark Newby, Baron Newby (born 14 February 1953), known popularly as Dick Newby, is a British politician, who has been the Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords since September 2016. He served as the Deputy Government C ...

(born 1953), British politician *

Thomas Cautley Newby Thomas Cautley Newby (1797/1798 – 1882) was an English publisher and printer based in London. Newby published ''Wuthering Heights'' by Emily Brontë and both Anne Brontë's novels, ''Agnes Grey'' and ''The Tenant of Wildfell Hall''. He also ...

(1798–1882), London publisher and printer * William Newby (Cambridgeshire cricketer) (1836–1932), English cricketer * William Newby (South African cricketer) (1855–1921), South African cricketer {{Disambiguation, surname