Re: Busk - a district in Ossy
 

They built the old peoples home cashy, Peel Court which has also gone now:(

Re: Busk - a district in Ossy
 

I've always wondered from where the term 'Busker' comes from. Now I know - a typical idler, who has nothing better to do than hang around on street corners, making an awful racket in return for a few pennies in his cap. Except these days your typical Ossy waster does not even bother with the noise.

Re: Busk - a district in Ossy
 

It originates from 'Busche' the scandinavian word for a small wood/thicket.
Scandinavian(Viking) placenames are quite common in NEngland.

Re: Busk - a district in Ossy
 

I do believe they are also quite common around North West England, especially Lancashire.

Re: Busk - a district in Ossy
 

Thats what I said N England - diddle I?:p
should have gone to specsavers

Re: Busk - a district in Ossy
 

Now we all know where Tealeaf comes from:D

Re: Busk - a district in Ossy
 

I was simply trying to be more specific, rather than deal in generalisations. There are a few areas of the North where there is a remarkable absence of Scandinavian place names which suggests Celtic strongholds which held out for a long time from our Eastern cousins.