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.

Rushwey

Field in the Parish of Eye and Dunsden

Historical Forms

  • Rushwey early17th UNKNOWN_SOURCE
  • Rushwaie 1606–7 AugmOff

Etymology

Rushwey(Rushwaye 1603–4, Rushwaie 1606–7 AugmOff, v. rysc, weg)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement