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What Does The Name Newbury Mean?

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    An English family name, Newbury is of Anglo-Saxon origin. It means "new stronghold". It can thus mean "new borough or settlement". The name comes from Old English term niwe, neowe, meaning new, and buri, byri, meaning fortified place.

    There is a town as well as a few villages that share the name Newbury in the United Kingdom. On the other hand, the hamlet of Newbury located in the parish of Horningsham in Wiltshire gets its name from 17th century after a family called Newbury.

    There is a Newbury in Ontario in Canbada. In the Untied States alone there is a Newbury in Massachusetts; in New Hampshire; in Ohio; in Vermont; a Newbury Park in California; and a Newburyport in Massachusetts.
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    Hearsch 

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