Willoughby Explained

Willoughby may refer to:

Places

Antigua

• Willoughby Bay (Antigua), on the southeast coast of Antigua

Australia

• Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
  • Willoughby Girls High School
• City of Willoughby, a local government area of New South Wales
• Electoral district of Willoughby, New South Wales
• Parish of Willoughby, Cumberland, New South Wales
• Willoughby, South Australia, a locality on Kangaroo Island
  • Cape Willoughby, a headland in South Australia

Canada

• Willoughby, Langley, British Columbia, a community within the Township of Langley
• Willoughby Township, Ontario

United Kingdom

• Willoughby, Lincolnshire, a village
  • Willoughby railway station
• Willoughby on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire
• Willoughby, Warwickshire, a village and civil parish
• Willoughby Waterleys, Leicestershire

United States

• Willoughby, Ohio, a city and a suburb of Cleveland
• Willoughby, Albemarle County, Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Willoughby Park, Friendship Heights, Washington, D.C.
• Willoughby Run, a waterway in Adams County, Pennsylvania
• Willoughby Spit, a peninsula in Norfolk, Virginia
• Willoughby State Forest, Vermont
• Lake Willoughby, Westmore, Vermont

Elsewhere

• Willoughby's Land, elusive islands thought to be north of the Barents Sea

Hydronyms

• Willoughby River, Vermont, United States

People

• Willoughby (surname), a list
• Willoughby (given name), a list

Fiction

• Willoughby (Looney Tunes), an animated character from Looney Tunes
• Inspector Willoughby, an animated character from The Woody Woodpecker Show
• John Willoughby, one of the main characters in Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility
• The Willoughbys, a book written by Lois Lowry.
• The title character of the short-lived 1999 British sitcom Dr Willoughby
• Willoughby, Texas, a fictional town featured in Revolution (TV series)
• "A Stop at Willoughby", an episode from the first season of The Twilight Zone, which features a town called Willoughby
• A character in the novel Evelina by Fanny Burney
• A character in Celestina (novel) by Charlotte Smith
• The Willoughbys, a 2020 comedy film
• Violet Willoughby, the main character in the novel Haunting Violet

English/British titles

• Baron Willoughby de Broke, a barony by writ in the peerage of England since 1491
• Baron Willoughby de Eresby, a barony by writ in the peerage of England, dating to 1313
• Baron Willoughby of Parham, a title in the peerage of England from 1547 until 1779
• Willoughby baronets, four titles

Other uses

• , the name of more than one United States Navy ship
• Willoughby Delta 8, a twin-engined aerodynamic test bed for a proposed flying wing airliner

See also

• Willoughby East, New South Wales, Australia, a suburb of Sydney
• Willoughby on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire, England
• Willoughby Waterleys, Leicestershire, England
• Willoughby Hills, Ohio, U.S.