Newsham is a village and Civil Parish in the district of Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England. The Village lies eight miles North West of Richmond and thirteen miles South East of Darlington. The current population is 345 people with approximately 140 dwellings.

The settlement of Newsham predates the Domesday Book, the name of the village deriving from the Old English nēowan hūsum, which means New Houses.

At the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066  Newsham Village was in the hands of Lords Sprot and Ulfkil.  After the Domesday Book assessment, the land was in the hands of Count Alan of Brittany and later passed to the Miniotts in 1285 and then the Markenfield family in 1497.

During the Stuart and Tudor periods, the village was regarded as quite important due to its thriving market and the grade II listed Market Cross still exists, having been erected in the 16th century.   Another grade II listed building in the village is Newsham Hall, which once housed a boarding school in the early 19th century.