Rushall

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Rishell

Etymology

The village in Wiltshire is named with the Old English personal name Rust + -s- + healh (“angle, corner, nook”).

Proper noun

Rushall (countable and uncountable, plural Rushalls)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A hamlet near Ledbury, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6434).
   2. A village in Dickleburgh and Rushall parish, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM1982).
   3. A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SK0201).
   4. A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1255).
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Dickleburgh and Rushall

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Rushall is the 33983^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 101 individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rushall”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears