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Newbury| Town in Essex County, northeastern Massachusetts, 53 km/33 mi northeast of Boston; population (1990 est) 5,600. It lies just south of Newburyport, from which it separated in 1764. Newbury was settled and incorporated in 1635 and is an agricultural area. |
| Its location on the estuarial Plum Island River, with easy access to the Atlantic Ocean, made it an early centre of shipbuilding and seafaring. Manufacturing woollen goods later became an important industry. |
| At the village green in Newbury Old Town, villagers used to gather in the 19th century to meet ships arriving from the West Indies. Among historic buildings here are the Coffin House (1653) and the Noyes Homestead (1646). |
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