English Explanatory Dictionary

Rushton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5863).
  3. A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8482).
  4. A civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England, which includes the village of Rushton Spencer.
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Rushton Rushtons

Etymology

From Old English risċ (“rush, reed”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Rushton Grange Rushton James Rushton Spencer Rushton turbine
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