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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rushworth Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Felkirk

Historical Forms

  • Rushy Wood 1841 O.S.
  • John Ressheworth 1482 YDx

Etymology

, Rushy Wood 1841 O.S., probably named from John Ressheworth 1482 YD x ( cf. Rishworth iii, 71infra ) .