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Newbury Pond

lake or loch · West Sussex

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name means 'new fortified place' or 'new market town'. 'New' is a common Old English prefix, and 'burh' originally meant a fortified place, later evolving to mean a town or borough.

Word origins

New
Old Englishnew(from nēowe "new")
bury
Old Englishfortified place, town(from burh "fortified place, town")
Pond
Old Englishpond(from pond "pond, pool")