Rushbury
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Situation
Saxton Map: Rushbury
Another of the line of villages sheltering under Wenlock Edge Rushbury sits on the Eaton Brook, about 2km NE of Eaton-under-Haywood. 1km to the north-west stands Wall-under-Heywood. Rushbury itself sits away from the escarpment of Wenlock Edge on the other side of the brook, the climb to Wenlock Edge is known as Roman Bank. Ticklertonlies about 2km WSW. Much Wenlock is about 13kn north-east.
History
Domesday
4 Land of Earl Roger
4,8 Holding of Roger of Lacy under Earl Roger
4,8,5 Rushbury (Riseberie) Odo holds from him. Alwin held it; he was a free man. 5 hides which pay tax. In lordship 2 ploughs; 4 slaves; 1 villager; 3 riders and 2 smallholders with 5 ploughs. A mill; woodland for fattening 40 pigs; a hawk's eyrie. Value before 1066, 60s; later it was waste; (value) now 35s. A further 2 ploughs would be possible there.
Post Domesday
The area was known as the Valley of the Bees, due to the beekeeping practiced in the area by the monks of Wenlock Abbey in the 13th century.
Church
St Peter's, an early Norman church with Anglo-Saxon Herringbone stonework stands at the highrsest point of land in the village.
Castle
Castle Mound - a roughly oval shaped ringwork NE of the church. Base & summit diamerts of 49x59m & 33x41m respectively. Thre are remains of an outer bank.
