Beggars Bush: A Perambulation through the Disciplines of History, Geography, Archaeology, Literature, Philology, Natural History, Botany, Biography & Beggary

Broadclyst Devon Beggars Bush 1841

The 1841 Census records it as a property name several times; (a) between Cross Cott and Burraton, occupied by an agricultural labourer, his wife and two children, called Snook (b) about 30 entries further on, beyond the Tollhouse, there are three consecutive entries, (i) occupied by 7 adults and 7 children, of which the head is William Snook, but the eldest is a James Symons, Farmer (ii) occupied by 2 adults and 3 children, and (iii) occupied by 2 adults, all engaged in agriculture. Two entries further on is a Schoolhouse. Beggars Bush also appears in the 1871 Census.

These may be the two cottages dated to 1833-66 forming part of the NT Killerton Estate, and now known as Beggars Bush Cottages. Burraton House is east of Broadclyst at SY010976, and there are several other Burraton names nearby, as are Blacklands and Newlands.

OS shows a Beggars Bush south of Broadclyst near Brockhill on Station Road, about 2 miles away, at SX 988 959. This suggest two separate locations. At least the latter is used still in use. Minutes of Broadclyst Parish Council (4th January 1999) include a report of water collecting “in Station Road, near Beggars Bush”.

Beggars Bush does not appear for this or any other parish in the Tithe Records for Devon online.

Sources

1841 Census (HO107/210-06)

 

Posted: October 9th, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: | 2 Comments »

2 Comments on “Broadclyst Devon Beggars Bush 1841”

  1. 1: Deb Crawford said at 7:30 pm on August 27th, 2014:

    Hello, Stumbled on your site in pursuit of information about the lives of my ancestors. In the 1851 census, my relative was living in Beggar’s Bush, Broadclist Devon. James Cudmore was an agricultural labourer. If you have any information beyond what you have published, I would be a happy recipient.

  2. 2: beggarsbush said at 8:14 pm on August 27th, 2014:

    I have no more information.
    I haven’t contacted the National Trust. If they have the records for the Killerton Estate these may tell when the cottages were built, and for the occupants if they were employed on the estate.
    It may be possible to work out from the sequence of entries the route of the census enumerater, and by comparing this with the early OS maps identify whether these houses in the census are the same as those recorded on the OS maps.

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