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 town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4767).

   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, England (OS grid ref TQ9259).
3. A village in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
4. 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.
5. A small rural settlement near Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui region, New Zealand.
6. A locality in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia.
7. A surname.

Derived terms

• Newbury Park

Anagrams

• Weyburn