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.

Nuns Bushes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chapel Ascote

Historical Forms

  • Nun Bushes 1767 Ladbroke

Etymology

Nuns Bushes (6″) is Nun Bushes 1767 Ladbroke. Cf. also Nun Meadow ib., from the nuns of Nuneaton Priory who owned land in the parish.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement