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.

Rushup Edge

Other OS name in the Parish of Peak Forest

Historical Forms

  • Rushoppedge c.1620 Hard
  • Rissop Edges Chas1 DuLa
  • Rushopp-edge 1680 Portland

Etymology

, Rushoppedge c. 1620Hard ,Rissop Edges Chas 1DuLa , Rushopp-edge 1680Portland , being named from Rushup supra 63 ; v. ecg .