Newton Kyme

Newton Kyme is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Count Robert of Mortain, having 15 villagers and one priest.{{cite web |title=Newton [Kyme] {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE4644/newton-kyme/ |website=opendomesday.org |access-date=28 June 2021}} A church has been known on the site since at least the 12th century, and the current structure, the St Andrew's Church, is grade I listed.{{cite web |title=Parish records of Newton Kyme - Archives Hub |url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/54d1846a-ab17-35b3-9a4c-0a77cefe6741 |website=archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk |access-date=28 June 2021}}{{NHLE|desc=Church of St Andrew|num=1132464|grade=I|access-date=28 June 2021}}{{cite web |title=St Andrew |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/18870/ |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |access-date=28 June 2021}} The name of the village derives from Old English Neowa tun, meaning New homestead (or village), combined with the name Kyme, a surname of one of the manorial families in the village.{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |oclc=1228215388 |page=342 |edition=4}} In the 13th century, the manor and advowson passed to the Kyme family who originated at Kesteven in Lincolnshire.{{sfn|Dennison|Richardson|2007|p=3}} The village lies at the north-western edge of the Selby District, in an area of green belt, with the main part of the village in a conservation area.{{cite web |title=Home - Newton Kyme cum Toulston Parish Council |url=http://www.newtonkymecumtoulstonparishcouncil.co.uk |website=www.newtonkymecumtoulstonparishcouncil.co.uk |access-date=28 June 2021}}{{cite web |title=nervation areas within Selby District |url=https://www.selby.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/Conservation_Areas_Plan_List.pdf |website=selby.gov.uk |access-date=28 June 2021}} Newton Kyme is {{convert|1.5|mi}} north of Tadcaster and {{convert|5|mi|0}} east of Wetherby.{{cite web |title=Genuki: Newton Kyme, Yorkshire (West Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/NewtonKyme |website=www.genuki.org.uk |access-date=28 June 2021}}

West of the village is the site of two Roman forts, two Roman camps, and Iron Age enclosure, Bronze Age barrows and a Neolithic henge monument. the site has been designated as a scheduled monument.{{NHLE|desc=Two Roman forts, two Roman camps, vicus, Iron Age enclosure, Bronze Age barrows and Neolithic henge monument west of Newton Kyme|num=1017693|grade=|access-date=28 June 2021}} the Newton Kyme Hall and estate was built in the 18th century by Admiral Robert Fairfax. The hall is grade II* listed with extensive landscaped gardens.{{NHLE|desc=Newton Kyme Hall|num=1132467|grade=II*|access-date=28 June 2021}}{{cite web |title=Newton Kyme Hall park and garden |url=https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/newton-kyme-hall-tadcaster-1 |website=parksandgardens.org |access-date=28 June 2021}} Kyme Castle, the site of which lies to the east of the hall, was possibly the seat of the Fairfaxes until Robert Fairfax built Newton Kyme Hall. The castle is believed to have fallen into ruins in the 16th century.{{sfn|Dennison|Richardson|2007|p=3}}

Newton Kyme used to have a railway station on the Harrogate–Church Fenton line, which was located on the south side of the A659 road.{{cite web |title=Disused Stations:Newton Kyme Station |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/n/newton_kyme/ |website=www.disused-stations.org.uk |access-date=28 June 2021}} It was closed down in 1964. A paper and packaging mill used to be located in the parish, but this was closed in 2001 and was derelict until 2016, when a new set of houses were built on the site.{{cite news |title=Stora Enso closes Newton Kyme mill |url=https://www.printweek.com/news/article/stora-enso-closes-newton-kyme-mill |access-date=28 June 2021 |work=Printweek |date=12 October 2000}}{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Matt |title=New Homes: St Andrew’s Place, Newton Kyme |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15270793.new-homes-st-andrews-place-newton-kyme/ |access-date=28 June 2021 |work=York Press |date=11 May 2017}}

At the 2001 Census, the parish had a population of 281,{{NOMIS2001|id=36UH062|title=Newton Kyme cum Toulston Parish|accessdate=28 June 2021}} which had fallen slightly to 275 by the time of the 2011 Census. In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to be 270.{{cite web |title=2015 Population Estimates Parishes |url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf |website=northyorks.gov.uk |access-date=28 June 2021 |page=18 |date=December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf|archive-date=4 June 2022|url-status=dead}}

The village was historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.{{Cite web |title=History of Newton Kyme, in Selby and West Riding |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13825 |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=History of Britain}} From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Selby, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

• Robert Fairfax, and admiral in the Royal Navy, was born and is buried in the village{{Cite ODNB|first=J K|last=Laughton|title=Fairfax, Robert|id=9090}}
• Felicity Lane-Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox, Conservative peer{{cite ODNB|first=Edward|last=Ford|title=Fox, Felicity Lane-, Baroness Lane-Fox|id=39874|date=23 September 2004}}
• Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle who crowned Queen Elizabeth I{{Cite ODNB|first=Margaret|last=Clark|title=Oglethorpe, Owen|id=20617}}

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• {{cite journal |last1=Dennison |first1=Ed |last2=Richardson |first2=S |title=English Heritage Buildings at Risk (2004) Project, North Yorkshire: Kyme Castle, Newton Kyme: Photographic Survey and Archaeological Observations |journal=English Heritage Buildings at Risk (2004) Project |date=2007 |doi=10.5284/1009014 |publisher=English Heritage}}

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• [http://colinday.co.uk/maps/SelbyMaps/NewtonKyme.pdf Map of the village]
• [http://www.newtonkymecumtoulstonparishcouncil.co.uk Parish council website]
• [http://www.aboutbritain.com/towns/newton-kyme.asp Newton Kyme on About Britain]

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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire