Rushen Gout
Early-attested site in the Parish of Littleton upon Severn
Historical Forms
- rihshammes puylle 986 KCD654 Ric2
Etymology
Rushen Gout, rihshammes puylle 986 (Ric 2) KCD 654. 'Watermeadow overgrown with rushes', v. risc , hamm , pyll 'creek, stream' (cf. prec.); gout is e.ModE gout 'water-channel' (probably from OFr esgout 'sewer'), used along the Severn marshlands for an artificial drainage channel, a ditch (cf. EDD s.v.).