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.

Bushton

Other OS name in the Parish of West Buckland

Historical Forms

  • Bysshton 1314 Ass
  • Bushton 1632 Recov

Etymology

is Bysshton 1314Ass (p), Bushton 1632Recov . ' Farmby the bush or bushy place , ' v. bysc , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement