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.

The Brushes

Other OS name in the Parish of Sheffield

Historical Forms

  • le Brushes in Sheffelde 1553 Hlm
  • (the) Brushes 1660 Norf 1681 SheffMisc

Etymology

, le Brushes in Sheffelde 1553 Hlm, (the ) Brushes 1660Norf , 1681 SheffMisc , from ME brusshe ' brush ' , in the later recorded sense ( dial . ) ' thicket, brushwood ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement