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'''Rushey''' was a small village of the [[Marish]], in the [[Eastfarthing]] of [[the Shire]]. The [[Causeway]] ran through the village, connecting it to the villages of [[Stock]] to the north and [[Deephallow]] to the south.<ref name=Part>{{FR|Part}}</ref>  Between Rushey and Stock was the lane to [[Farmer Maggot|Farmer Maggot's]] place, and five miles north of that was the road to the [[Bucklebury Ferry]].<ref>{{FR|I4}}</ref>  
'''Rushey''' was a small village south of the [[Marish]], in the [[Eastfarthing]] of [[the Shire]].<ref name=Part/> It was built on a relatively stable ground amidst the soggy fens of the Marish, hence the name.<ref name="Nomen"/> The [[Causeway]] traversed the village, connecting it to the villages of [[Stock]] to the north and [[Deephallow]] to the south.<ref name=Part>{{FR|Part}}</ref>  


==Etymology==
==Etymology==

Revision as of 14:17, 27 May 2016

Rushey was a small village south of the Marish, in the Eastfarthing of the Shire.[1] It was built on a relatively stable ground amidst the soggy fens of the Marish, hence the name.[2] The Causeway traversed the village, connecting it to the villages of Stock to the north and Deephallow to the south.[1]

Etymology

The name means "Rush-isle". David Salo has suggested an Old Hobbitish etymology from *Ryscieg.[3] -ey or -y in English place-names has the sense "small island", as seen in Girdley.[2]

It was called so as "a 'hard' among the fens of the Marish"[2] forming an isolated "island" in the midst of the soggy ground; this nomenclature is also seen in the Isle of Ely.[3]

The name is spelled as "Rushy" on A Part of the Shire.[1][3]

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