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Rushbury history
Origins
The name Rushbury is thought to derive from Rush Manor, but other evidence suggests that it could originate from the Old English word ‘risc’, meaning ‘a place where rushes grow’, and Old English ‘burh’, meaning a ‘fortified place’ Human activity has been present since Neolithic times and there was once an Iron Age hill fort.
Population
According to the 2001 census the population of Rushbury was 603. The population reached a peak of 507 in 1831, after which it decreased slightly to 495 before increasing again in 1921.
Economic history
Rushbury had the most arable land compared to the surrounding manors. In 1086 it had two ploughteams in demesne, while 1 villanus, 2 bordars, and 3 radmen worked five more. Rushbury also had enough woodland to fatten 40 swine and about 1250, one pig in ten was given to the lord of Lutwyche.
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