Rushton's Hill
hill or mountain · Staffordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name indicates a hill associated with a person named Rushton, or a place named Rushton. It combines a personal name or place name derived from Old English 'risc' (rush) and 'tun' (farmstead) with 'hyll' (hill).
Word origins
- Rushton's
- Old EnglishAttestedbelonging to Rushton(from risc "rush", tun "farmstead, village", 's "possessive suffix")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")