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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rushleywalls

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Rushley Wall 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Rushley Wall 1831 Bry , cf. Le Rushiley 1567 ChRR , ' the rush-grown clearing ' , from riscig and lēah , with wælla ' a well, a spring ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site