Hawkesbury

Proper noun

Hawkesbury

1. A hamlet and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7686).
2. A village in Nuneaton and Bedworth borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3684).
3. A town in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada, named after Lord Hawkesbury.
4. A river, the Hawkesbury River, in New South Wales, Australia, named after Lord Hawkesbury (as in Ontario).
   • Despite my imaginings, disaster was denied over the deep waters of the Hawkesbury.2022 July 27, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Bridge disasters that spanned an Empire”, in RAIL, number 962, page 60
5. A local government area, the City of Hawkesbury, located near Sydney in New South Wales, Australia, named after the river.