Arliss Family History

From Newton Arlosh in Holme East Waver (Cumb), which is recorded as Arlosk in 1185 and Arlossh in 1379. In Cumb, a shortened form of the surname with loss of the first syllable developed as Losh and supplanted the full form. However, the full form survived farther afield, being well recorded in the 16th century in Yorks and Lincs.

The place-name probably contains Brittonic *losko- ‘(place of) burning’, qualified by either the preposition *ar ‘on upon’ or the prefix *are- ‘before opposite beside’. The addition of a Middle English name Newton, i.e. ‘new town’, is first noted in 1345 (Neutonarlosk').