Rushall
Major Settlement in the Parish of Rushall
Historical Forms
- Rusteselve 1086 DB
- Rusteshala, Rusteshale 1160 P 1196 Cur 1332 SR
- Rusteshall' 1207 FineR
- Rosteshale 1281,1289 Ass 1285 Cl
- Rusteshell 1285 Pat
- Rosshall 1416 Pat
- Russhale 1430 FF 1443 Pat
- Russall 1535 VE 1575 Peramb
- Rushall al. Rustehall 1627 Recov
- Rustall 1778 Sadler
Etymology
Names with rust as a first element are found elsewhere. We may note RusteuuelUe (BCS 260), now Rusthall (KPN 75–6), Rustington (PN Sx 172) and a lost Kentish rustingdenn (BCS 459). The first named may contain the common word rust , 'rust,' but the others more probably contain a personal name identical with it. OGer names Rust and Rusto are on record (Förstemann, PN 1286). Hence 'Rust 's nook of land,' v. healh .