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This road once marked the eastern edge of Bethnal Green village. The name is a corruption of Rushy and Russey. Sheila Fairfield in The Streets of London speculates “it may be from the state of the ground or from the original owner.”
This road once marked the eastern edge of Bethnal Green village. The name is a corruption of Rushy and Russey. Sheila Fairfield in The Streets of London speculates “it may be from the state of the ground or from the original owner.”