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Lousy Busky Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Adwick upon Dearne

Historical Forms

  • Lousey Bush 1843 TA

Etymology

, Lousey Bush 1843TA , ME  lousi ' lousy ' , probably in the sense ' infested with insects ' ( cf. lūs ) , v. buskr .