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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bush

Other OS name in the Parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum

Historical Forms

  • Busheclose al's Busshe 1570 Pole
  • Busheclose 1570 CarP 1571 Pole
  • Bush 1670 1676 ib
  • Bushes Close 1792 ib

Etymology

( lost , about SY 421967 ) , 1811 OS , Busheclose al 's Busshe 1570Pole , Busheclose 1570 CarP, 1571Pole ,Bush 1670 (1676) ib , Bushes Close 1792ib , v. busc , cf. also John Bussh '1332 SR ( Symondsbury ) who may be named from the same feature .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement