Newbury

English

Etymology

From Old English niwe (“new”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Newburgh.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /njubəɹi/

Proper noun

Newbury

  1. A place in England:
    1. A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4767). [1]
      A local government district in Berkshire formed in 1974 and renamed West Berkshire in April 1998.
    2. A hamlet in the south of Tonge parish, Swale district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ9259).
    3. A hamlet in Coleford parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6950).
    4. A hamlet in Horningsham parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8241).
  2. A village in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A place in the United States:
    1. A township in LaGrange County, Indiana.
    2. An unincorporated community in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
    3. A town in Essex County, Massachusetts.
    4. A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
    5. A township in Geauga County, Ohio.
    6. A town and village therein, in Orange County, Vermont.
  4. A small rural settlement near Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui region, New Zealand. [2]
  5. A locality in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia.
  6. A surname.

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See also

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Berkshire)
  2. ^ NZ Topo Map

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