Newhouse Abbey Painting Picture ~ Please Help !
Newhouse Abbey ~ Painting, Picture, Engravings or Illustrations ~ Information Sought
We are appealing for information about any painting or illustration that features Newhouse Abbey (or Newsham Abbey as it can be called) on the Brocklesby Park estate in Lincolnshire.
Today I revisited the site to bring you updated pictures - check them out and please do get in touch if you can help with any information at all about the site
Noted local expert on Newhouse Abbey, Chris Keyworth, mentioned on an earlier article he was looking for information about an oil painting or picture which showed the abbey - hopefully somebody out there knows something of this or indeed any other illustration or snippet of information - if so please do leave a comment - many thanks.
Below you’ll see the site of the Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1143 which has been the subject of recent archaeology, as mentioned in my initial article, something we’d like to hear more about. I’ve yet to get to the bottom of the two names for the site as English Heritage state both variants. They are too dissimilar to simply be a spelling variants so there must be a story behind it and one must have been contemporaneous and in use at the time.
The Site of Newhouse Abbey
Not far away is a cracking piece of architecture tucked well out of the way of the odd car which may pass along the nearby road. We’ve visited Newsham Bridge before but I vowed to return when the foliage died back for some better pictures
Newsham Bridge
The water has drained/been drained away since my last visit which allowed for closer, albeit careful, access to look at the bridge and see it in all its glory - it is quite fabulous. Beautiful stone carving, note the decapitated figure on the photograph below
Lincolnshire Architecture !
I am sad to report something which Chris Keyworth alluded to previously, the area is being abused by visitors. It’s heartbreaking to see that people have sprayed names on some parts of the bridge and dumped rubbish in the surrounding area. Now that the water has gone I noted a computer monitor where the water’s edge would once have been ! It’s incredibly depressing.
Is it any wonder landowners want to keep people off their property !
That aside, it is a beautiful spot and once again I felt great pleasure and privilege to be there - hope you like the new pictures and that they give some sense of the spot.
Once again, if you could help with any information at all about the Abbey itself or help with the identity of the picture or painting that features the building please do leave a comment - many thanks in advance.
Archingly Yours
Rod
dendro said,
December 3, 2009 @ 9:03 pm
HEY Rod,
Regarding the two names of newham / newhouse abbey, they are of the same, NEWSHAM in old English means new house, there are frerences to this in the oxford dictionary of english place names.
cheers dendro
dendro said,
December 3, 2009 @ 9:15 pm
by the way that should say ” references ” sorry about that !
Rod said,
December 4, 2009 @ 8:07 am
Dendro,
thanks for that, much appreciated, on the same lines it is also written Newhus and the like I believe.
My main point really was about what people called it in the spoken work at the time as surely that is how it should be referred to ?
Best
Rod
dendro said,
December 4, 2009 @ 7:05 pm
Rod,
regarding the spoken word, whether the abbey is refered to as newsham, newhus, newholme etc, im almost sure that as the woodland is refered to within the local area as newsham, that it may have been adopted from the abbey.
we must always take into concideration that during the time of the abbey, when documentation was being drafted, the name would have been written in a local dialect! and thus so many diferencals.
Therefor, Newsham would be the most likley candiadate for the way in which the abbey was refered to during its life time. in addtion, the word “Newhus” has conections to old danish/scandinavian which is also fitting in regards to settlement patterns with the North Lincolnshire area.
Dendro
chris keyworth said,
December 4, 2009 @ 7:15 pm
in 1086 it was known as Neuhuse, the lost village of newsham is infact at habrough where the train station is now….
regards
chris
Rod said,
December 4, 2009 @ 7:34 pm
Dendro,
we must always take into concideration that during the time of the abbey, when documentation was being drafted, the name would have been written in a local dialect! and thus so many diferencals.
That was really the point I was making, although history and the written word has changed the name the residents and locals must have had a contemporaneous name.
When the cobbler asked the butcher where he was headed, he said . . . I’m off to . .. ………
I don’t see them swapping between various derivatives
Best
Rod
chris keyworth said,
December 4, 2009 @ 7:39 pm
Habrough and Newsham where neighbours.
Habroughs Bounderies extended east into immingham as far as Habrough Park and beyond immingham where The Habrough Marshes are in what is now immingham docks.
Newsham was itself a small village with its manor which is now under Newsham farm on Newsham Lane in what is now Habrough, the site had its own church which has now ben built on the site is on Westend Road in Habrough and falls under gardens and the Train Line Burials have confirmed this, Newsham village extends west to the bounderies of Brocklesby Kirmington and Ulceby, The two villages where divided by a road or trackway called Gooswell road, at the end of this road to the north there was a Tavern on the sight Known as Nunns Close, so named after the Nunns who owned the land from Nunn Cotham, the road or track was constructed of Limestone Blocks which can still be found if you dig down on Cravens Lane in Habrough..
Regards
Rod said,
December 4, 2009 @ 7:46 pm
Chris,
Great info - much appreciated
any idea when the village of Newsham village ceased to exist ?
best
Rod
chris keyworth said,
December 4, 2009 @ 7:52 pm
it seems to have died off around the time of the Plauge as did Roxton however the Tavern remaind into the 17th century, and in its day was certainly frequented by the canons and the monks of all the abbeys in our area..
Regards
Chris
Rod said,
December 4, 2009 @ 8:26 pm
Chris,
many thanks - great info on the tavern as well
Cheers
Rod
chris keyworth said,
December 4, 2009 @ 9:04 pm
god my spelling is getting worst…
Rod said,
December 4, 2009 @ 9:09 pm
The content speaks for itself Chris - it’s gold dust !
chris keyworth said,
December 4, 2009 @ 11:25 pm
is it to early to put my xmas tree up????
Rod said,
December 5, 2009 @ 8:03 am
Chris,
They’re going up all around me in my street - you’re actually running late
No tree here this year btw
Ho Ho Ho
Rod
marcus short said,
March 14, 2010 @ 11:10 pm
i was swimming in the lake when i was young and i witnessed the head of the monk being broken off by shaun young of immingham, i was about 12 so it was 23 years ago, i have asked him since about it but he doesnt remember it. shame, but i think the bridge isnt connected with the monks but was built as part of brock country park by capability brown in the late 19th century.it was such a magical place to swim back in the day as u probably remember, crystal clear spring water with fresh water mussels AND MOZZIES THE SIZE OF COWS
Rod said,
March 15, 2010 @ 8:15 am
Hi Marcus,
thanks for the interesting comment, much appreciated.
Just one point, there’s no suggestion here that the bridge is connected to the abbey rather that the abbey is connected to the bridge in-so-much as the stone monks could once have been part of the original abbey
best
Rod
Bob said,
April 6, 2010 @ 8:13 am
Chris Keyworth,
Have enjoyed your comments. Any more info on Newsham Abbey and the surrounding area where we used to play.
Yours
Bob
chris keyworth said,
April 6, 2010 @ 12:26 pm
Hi bob
i have lots of info about this place best to contact me direct really
regards
chris..