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.

Rushton Fm, Rushton Hill, & Rushton Mill

Other OS name in the Parish of Tarrant Rushton

Historical Forms

  • Rushton Hills 1829 EnclA
  • water Myll called…the Wheate mill 1588 Cecil
  • Rushton Mills 1842 TA

Etymology

( 1842TA ) ( 1621 Hutch3 , Rushton Hills 1829EnclA ) ( water Myll calledthe Wheate mill 1588Cecil , Rushton Mills 1842TA , cf. the Myll close 1609Cecil ) , v. hyll , myln , par . name supra .