Brushwood

  • 101Risbridge — This interesting and unusual name is of Anglo Saxon origin and is topographical for a dweller by the brushwood bridge or causeway . It is derived from the Old English pre 7th Century hris , brushwood and brycg , the bridge or causeway. However,… …

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  • 102Risbridger — This interesting and unusual name is of Anglo Saxon origin and is topographical for a dweller by the brushwood bridge or causeway . It is derived from the Old English pre 7th Century hris , brushwood and brycg , the bridge or causeway. However,… …

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  • 103Risdall — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is locational from a now lost place thought to have been in Lincolnshire, due to the large number of recordings in this county. The placename is derived from the Old Norse hris , brushwood… …

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  • 104Riseley — This unusual name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and a locational surname deriving from either of the places called Riseley in Bedfordshire and Berkshire. The place in Bedfordshire is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Riselai , and in the 1202… …

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  • 105Risely — Recorded in many forms as shown below, this is an English surname. It is locational from any of the various places named from the Old English pre 7th century words hris , meaning brushwood, plus leah , a wood or clearing. In effect the name is an …

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  • 106Risley — Recorded in many forms as shown below, this is an English surname. It is locational from any of the various places named from the Old English pre 7th century words hris , meaning brushwood, plus leah , a wood or clearing. In effect the name is an …

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  • 107Rispen — This unusual and interesting name is of early medieval Northern English origin, and is a topographical surname given to someone who lived by or near to a hill or ridge covered in brushwood. The term derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century… …

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  • 108Rispine — This unusual and interesting name is of early medieval Northern English origin, and is a topographical surname given to someone who lived by or near to a hill or ridge covered in brushwood. The term derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century… …

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  • 109Ruspine — This unusual and interesting name is of early medieval Northern English origin, and is a topographical surname given to someone who lived by or near to a hill or ridge covered in brushwood. The term derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century… …

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  • 110Rusbridge — This unusual name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and a locational surname deriving from any one of the places named with the Old English pre 7th century elements hris , brushwood, and brycg , bridge. These places include Rice Bridge, in Sussex;… …

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