Newby
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Places in northern England
- Newby, CumbriaNewby, CumbriaNewby is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of the county of Cumbria, England. It is about from the large town of Penrith and about from the small town of Appleby-in-Westmorland, and has a population of 164. Nearby is Newby Beck...
- Newby, Lancashire
- Newby, Craven, North Yorkshire
- Newby, Hambleton, North Yorkshire
- Newby, Huby, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
- Newby, Skelton-on-Ure, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
- Newby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
- Newby WiskeNewby WiskeNewby Wiske is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Wiske, about five miles north-west of Thirsk.Famous descendants include the Island Park Newbys....
, Hambleton, North Yorkshire - Newby BridgeNewby BridgeNewby Bridge is a small hamlet in the Lake District, Cumbria, although historically it was in Lancashire.Newby Bridge is located several miles west of Grange-over-Sands and is on the River Leven, close to the southern end of Windermere...
, Cumbria - Newby East, Cumbria
- Newby West, Cumbria
- Newby HeadNewby HeadNewby Head, Newby Head Farm or Newby Head Inn, is part of the Beresford Estate and was a popular drovers' inn in North Yorkshire, England....
, North Yorkshire
People
- Thomas Cautley NewbyThomas Cautley NewbyThomas Cautley Newby was an English publisher and printer based in London.Newby published Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë and both Anne Brontë's novels, Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. He also published Anthony Trollope's first novel, The Macdermots of Ballycloran .-External links:...
(1798 – 1882), London publisher and printer. - Dangerfield NewbyDangerfield NewbyDangerfield Newby was the oldest of John Brown's raiders, one of five black raiders, and the first of his men to die at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Born a slave in Fauquier County, Virginia, Newby married a woman also enslaved. Newby was later freed by his Scottish father, but his wife and seven...
(1815–1859), American abolitionist - Eric NewbyEric NewbyGeorge Eric Newby CBE MC was an English travel author. Newby's best known works include A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, The Last Grain Race, and Round Ireland in Low Gear.-Life:...
(1919–2006), English author - Frank NewbyFrank NewbyFrank Newby was one of the leading structural engineers of the 20th Century, working with such architects as Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, Eero Saarinen, Cedric Price, James Stirling, and the practice of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill , and such engineers as Ove Arup and Felix Samuely.-Early life...
, eminent structural engineer - Sir Howard NewbyHoward NewbySir Howard Joseph Newby CBE is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool.-Early life:He grew up in Derbyshire, going to school in Etwall, before attending Atlantic College as a scholarship student.-Career:...
(1947–2010), British sociologist - Jon NewbyJon NewbyJonathan Philip Robert "Jon" Newby is an English footballer striker, now player-manager for Conference North side Colwyn Bay.-Career:...
(1978– ), British football (soccer) player - Paul Martin NewbyPaul Martin NewbyPaul Martin Newby is an American judge, elected in 2004 to a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court to an eight-year term that expires in 2012.Newby was born in Asheboro, North Carolina...
, American judge - Paula Newby-FraserPaula Newby-FraserPaula Newby-Fraser is an Ironman triathlete and duathlete. She was born in Southern Rhodesia and raised in South Africa, where she was a nationally-ranked swimmer as a child....
(1962– ), athlete - P. H. NewbyP. H. NewbyPercy Howard Newby CBE was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator. He was the first winner of the Booker Prize, his novel Something to Answer For having received the inaugural award in 1969.-Early life:P.H...
(1918–1997), English novelist, winner of the first Booker Prize. - Craig NewbyCraig NewbyCraig Newby is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership....
(1979– ), New Zealand rugby player*