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Survey of English Place-Names

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Chapel Bush

Other OS name in the Parish of Haslingfield

Historical Forms

  • Busshemersshe 1506 StCatharine's

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , so named c. 1825 (O.S.) , was in Busshemersshe (1506StCatharine 's ) which was near Chapellwey “ where now is only to be seen certain Trees or Bushes which did inclose it ( i.e. the chapel ) ” ( c. 1635Layer ) . Cf. Chapel Hill supra 78 .

Places in the same Parish