English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Busshtoft

Field in the Parish of Rothwell

Historical Forms

  • Busshtoft 1465 Dixon

Etymology

Busshtoft 1465(from busc or the derived surn., with toft'a building site, a curtilage, a messuage')

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement