Newby (from Old Norse Nýbýr = new farmstead) may refer to: Places England Cumbria Newby, Cumbria, near Penrith Newby Bridge, in Furness Lancashire Newby, Lancashire, historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire North Yorkshire Newby, Craven Newby, Hambleton, near Stokesley Newby Wiske, Hambleton Newby, Huby, Harrogate Newby, Skelton-on-Ure, Harrogate District Newby Hall, an 18th-century country house Newby-on-Swale, Harrogate District, a deserted medieval village Newby Park Newby, Scarborough Newby and Scalby, Scarborough Newby Head, a former inn, now a farm, near Ribblehead in Craven Elsewhere Newby, Illinois People Basil Newby (born 1951), British entrepreneur and businessman Brendan Newby (born 1996), Irish-American freestyle skier Chas Newby (born 1941), English musician, temporarily bassist for The Beatles Chris Newby (born 1957), British film director and screenwriter Craig Newby (born 1979), New Zealand rugby player Dangerfield Newby (1815–1859), American abolitionist Edward W. B. Newby (1804–1870), American soldier Eric Newby (1919–2006), English author Frank Newby (1926–2001), eminent structural engineer Sir Howard Newby (1947–2010), British sociologist Joey Newby (born 1982), American professional baseball player Jon Newby (born 1978), British football (soccer) player Jonathon Newby, American singer Kenneth Newby (born 1956), Canadian composer, performer and media artist Oliver Newby (born 1984), English cricketer Paul Martin Newby (born 1955), American judge Paula Newby-Fraser (born 1962), African athlete P. H. Newby (1918–1997), English novelist, winner of the first Booker Prize Richard Newby, Baron Newby (born 1953), British politician Thomas Cautley Newby (1798–1882), London publisher and printer William Newby (Cambridgeshire cricketer) (1836–1932), English cricketer William Newby (South African cricketer) (1855–1921), South African cricketer