Rushton Name Meaning: Habitational for any of a number of places named 'Rushton'. Old English 'rysc' rushes + 'tun' settlement.
This may indicate somebody that lived near a farm where 'rushes' are grown or an area surrounded with them. Aswell as 'hay' rushes were very important for things like 'thatching','torch-light' & 'floor covering'.
Discover how your Rushton ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 15 |
Buckinghamshire | 1 |
Berkshire | 22 |
Cambridgeshire | 1 |
Channel Islands | 0 |
Cheshire | 198 |
Cornwall | 2 |
Cumberland | 31 |
Derbyshire | 120 |
Devon | 12 |
Dorset | 6 |
Durham | 51 |
Essex | 36 |
Gloucestershire | 9 |
Hampshire | 28 |
Herefordshire | 4 |
Hertfordshire | 1 |
Huntingdonshire | 0 |
Isle of Man | 1 |
Kent | 30 |
Lancashire | 3,294 |
Leicestershire | 13 |
Lincolnshire | 114 |
London | 214 |
Middlesex | 18 |
Northumberland | 25 |
Norfolk | 2 |
Northamptonshire | 10 |
Nottinghamshire | 92 |
Oxfordshire | 8 |
Rutland | 0 |
Shropshire | 195 |
Suffolk | 3 |
Somerset | 5 |
Surrey | 23 |
Sussex | 2 |
Staffordshire | 1,553 |
Warwickshire | 194 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 6 |
Worcestershire | 176 |
Yorkshire | 754 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 1 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 4 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 5 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Cotton Weaver | 372 |
General Labourer | 78 |
Living On Own Means | 60 |
Farmer | 57 |
Cotton Winder | 54 |
Cotton C Weaver | 51 |
General Servant Domestic | 50 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 47 |
Dress Maker | 34 |
Coal Miner | 33 |
Scholar | 30 |
Laundress Wash | 24 |
School | 24 |
Domestic Servant | 19 |
Housemaid Domestic | 19 |
Coal Hewer | 18 |
Iron Moulder | 16 |
Cotton Spinner | 15 |
House Keeper | 14 |
Coal Miner C Hewer | 13 |
House Painter | 13 |
Stone Mason | 13 |
Servant Domestic | 12 |
Farm Labourer | 12 |
Joiner | 12 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Rushton | 3,106 |
William Rushton | 2,858 |
John Rushton | 2,854 |
Elizabeth Rushton | 1,889 |
Thomas Rushton | 1,787 |
James Rushton | 1,690 |
Sarah Rushton | 1,657 |
George Rushton | 1,251 |
Ann Rushton | 1,018 |
Jane Rushton | 1,013 |
Alice Rushton | 950 |
Joseph Rushton | 940 |
Ellen Rushton | 722 |
Margaret Rushton | 683 |
Hannah Rushton | 681 |
Henry Rushton | 669 |
Robert Rushton | 627 |
Martha Rushton | 619 |
Annie Rushton | 578 |
Charles Rushton | 513 |
Samuel Rushton | 508 |
Edward Rushton | 487 |
Eliza Rushton | 482 |
Richard Rushton | 420 |
Arthur Rushton | 408 |