Rushbury
Major Settlement in the Parish of Rushbury
Historical Forms
- Riseberie 1086 DB
- Risseberia c.1200 ForProc
- Rysebur' 1271-2 Ass
- Ryssebury c.1291 TN
- Rusberia c.1158 SAC 1723 PR(H)
- Russbury 1346,1428 FA
- Risberi 1200 Cur
- Risbiri 1208-9 ForProc
- Russeberi 1200 Cur 1318 Ch
- Russhebur 1283 Ch 1549 Pat
- Ruschebury 1306-7 Ass
- Ruyshebury 1316 FA
- Ryshbury, Rishbury 1327 Pat
- Rushbury 1577 Saxton
- Rushbry 1745 PRCardington
Etymology
'Rush manor', from OE rysc and byrig, dat. of burh . The name would be appropriate to a prehistoric fort, but there is no record of such a feature here. rysc occurs with other habitative terms, particularly tūn .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Lakehouse
- Longville in the Dale
- Lushcott
- Court Ho
- Musgreve
- Oak Wd, Oakwood Fm
- Ape Dale
- Coats
- Gilberries
- Stanway
- Wilderhope
- The Ditches
- Lutwyche
Other OS name
- The Larches
- Longville Coppice
- New Pltn
- Oakham
- Sapling Coppice
- Warwicks Head
- The Wood
- Woodside
- Black Wd
- Coats Wd
- Crab Wd
- Heath Brook
- Heath Common
- Hedgefields Barn
- High Wd
- Manor Fm
- Roman Bank
- Hill End
- Sharpstones
- Wondrell Coppice
- Brook Ho
- Coley Brook
- Hargrove Wd, Hargrove Cottage and Hargrove Fm
- Lutwyche Arms Inn
- Peartree
- Plough Inn
- Wallsbank
- Bloemfontain Gorse
- The Bog
- Brick Kiln Pltn
- Crowfield Pltn
- Fegg
- Greens Rough
- Hope's Cross
- Murder Pool
- Pilgrim Cottage and Pilgrim Lane
- Pudding Bag
- Rickhouse Coppice
- Wilderhope Coppice
- Wrensnest
- The Yeld