Word.ws English Dictionary

Netherbury

Netherbury proper noun: a village and civil parish between Beaminster and Bridport, west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY4799).

Proper noun

Netherbury

  1. A village and civil parish between Beaminster and Bridport, west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY4799).

Origin of Netherbury

From Old English niþera (“lower”) + byriġ (“fort”).

Questions about Netherbury

What does Netherbury mean?
Netherbury means a village and civil parish between Beaminster and Bridport, west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY4799).
What part of speech is Netherbury?
Netherbury is a proper noun.

Words near Netherbury in the dictionary

  1. nether-hair
  2. nether-hairs
  3. Nether-Saxon
  4. nether-shirt
  5. nether-shirts
  6. Netherbury
  7. Netherby
  8. Nethercleuch
  9. Nethercote
  10. Nethercotes
  11. Nethercott

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Netherbury (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Netherbury.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/netherbury. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.