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.

The Shrubs

Other OS name in the Parish of Rogate

Historical Forms

  • lez Shrubbes 1544 LP

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) lez Shrubbes 1544 LP . Descriptive of land overgrown with brushwood . Cf. Wormwood Scrubbs (Mx) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement