Rushop Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Rushop hall 087176 0ec1e6c0.jpg
Static Image Caption:Rushop Hall
Coordinates:53.34°N -1.86°W
Map Type:Derbyshire
Official Name:Rushop
Shire District:High Peak
Shire County:Derbyshire
Region:East Midlands
Post Town:HIGH PEAK
Postcode District:SK23
Postcode Area:SK
Dial Code:01298
Os Grid Reference:SK094825

Rushop or Rushup[1] is a small North Derbyshire village. It is in the town of Chapel-en-le-Frith.Agriculture has until recently been the main occupation in the village. At present very few of the residents work in Rushop and several of the houses are second homes only occupied at weekends and holidays.

There is archaeological and documentary evidence that there was a settlement at this site since before the Roman invasion of Britain. The settlement is alleged to have been a British village, under nominal Anglo Saxon rule after the fall of the area to Angles from Bernicia around 590, mainly due to the lack of Anglo Saxon placenames in the valley and the presence of names, such as Eccles, Inch and Pen-, which have origins in a Brythonic language of Britain.

Notes and References

  1. Marked as "Rushop" on the modern Ordnance Survey map and the house sign, but all the nearby features sharing this name (Rushup Farm, Rushup Edge etc.) use the "Rushup" spelling, as does the 1940s map.