Collumpton, Devon Beggars Bush Cottage 1736
OS Map shows Beggars Bush Cottage set back off the B3440 Uffculme to Willands Road. About 1 miles north east at Uffcolme are Coldharbour, Bridewell, and No Man’s Land.
The house is believed to be 17th or 18th century, but the name Beggar’s Bush Cottage has been revived. The earliest reference to the place name is 1736 when Mr James Parkhouse was appointed Overseer of Roads for Halberton Parish “for Beggar’s Bush”. A lease of June 1740 refers to “part of tenement called Beggar’s Bush in the Tything of Muxbear in the possession of James Parkhouse of Halberton, yeoman”. Most of the nearby tenements are associated with family names. Halberton was a poor parish most notably associated with the efforts of Canon Girdlestone to assist emigration of poor farm workers in 19th century.
The Enclosure Act of 1815 for Halberton, Willand and Sampford Peverell avoided the large low lying wet moors, and Beggar’s Bush was probably a tenement farm of 20-30 acres in poor land.
OS Grid
ST047116
Thanks
John Bell
Posted: April 10th, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: Collumpton, Devon | No Comments »
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