Rushton.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5863).
A placename: A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8482).
A placename: A civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England, which includes the village of Rushton Spencer.
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
From Old English risċ (“rush, reed”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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