Rushton

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5863).

OriginOld English risċ →
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Meanings

proper nounRushton (countable and uncountable, plural Rushtons)

plural Rushtons

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

    The site's manager, Annabel Rushton, said the bats were named because they had "fantastic lugs on them", and were among soprano pipistrelle, common pipistrelle and Daubenton's bats at the site.

    2026 August 31, Samantha Jagger, “Barn loft transformed to support bat colony”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2026, retrieved 03 Sep 2026

Origin

  1. Old Englishrisċ“rush, reed”
  2. EnglishRushton

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

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APA

Rushton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rushton

MLA

“Rushton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rushton. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rushton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rushton.

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