Newbury

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A place in England:; A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4767).

    "A local government district in Berkshire formed in 1974 and renamed West Berkshire in April 1998."

  2. 2
    A place in England:; A hamlet in the south of Tonge parish, Swale district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ9259).
  3. 3
    A place in England:; A hamlet in Coleford parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6950).
  4. 4
    A place in England:; A hamlet in Horningsham parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8241).
  5. 5
    A village in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
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  1. 6
    A place in the United States:; A township in LaGrange County, Indiana.
  2. 7
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
  3. 8
    A place in the United States:; A town in Essex County, Massachusetts.
  4. 9
    A place in the United States:; A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
  5. 10
    A place in the United States:; A township in Geauga County, Ohio.
  6. 11
    A place in the United States:; A town and village therein, in Orange County, Vermont.
  7. 12
    A small rural settlement near Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui region, New Zealand.
  8. 13
    A locality in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia.
  9. 14
    A surname.

Etymology

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

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