Hawkesbury

English

Proper noun

Hawkesbury

  1. A hamlet and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7686). [1]
  2. A town in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada, named after Lord Hawkesbury.
  3. A river, the Hawkesbury River, in New South Wales, Australia, named after Lord Hawkesbury (as in Ontario).
    • 2022 July 27, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Bridge disasters that spanned an Empire”, in RAIL, number 962, page 60:
      Despite my imaginings, disaster was denied over the deep waters of the Hawkesbury.
  4. A local government area, the City of Hawkesbury, located near Sydney in New South Wales, Australia, named after the river.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Gloucestershire)
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