Bysshe is a surname sometimes used as a given name. It has been said that it is a variation of the surname Bush.[1]

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet, a notable bearer of the name

La Bysshe or Bysshe Court was a property in the parish of Horne in Surrey, England, by 1355. In 1629 it came into the ownership of Edward Bysshe (died 1655), father of Edward Bysshe (1615?–1679), and said to be a descendant of William Bysshe whose brother Thomas Bysshe had held the estate in the late 14th century.[2] East Bysshe Farmhouse is a grade II listed building in the parish, built in the 17th century and extended and altered in the 19th century.[3]

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Notable people with the name include:

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  1. ^ Powell, Kimberley (3 July 2019). "Meaning and Origin of the Bush Surname". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Parishes: Horne: Manors". A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4. Victoria County History. 1912. pp. 291–296. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. ^ Historic England. "East Bysshe Farmhouse (1205088)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  4. ^ "BYSSHE, Edward (-d.1655), of Smallfield Place, Burstow, Surr. and Lincoln's Inn, London". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  5. ^ "BYSSHE, Edward (c.1615–79), of Smallfield Place, Burstow, Surr". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament. Retrieved 5 May 2020.