Charlbury, Oxfordshire Beggars Bush ?
Charlbury is a village north west of Oxford.
Source
Field, J., English Field-Names; A Dictionary, Newton Abbott, 1993, p.17
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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. Read the rest of this entry »
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Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire Beggars Bush 1838
Field name adjacent to road.
Source
Bill Worsfold A History of Brimpsfield Parish, Brimpsfield Parish Council, 1999, p.87
Thanks
John Pile
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Banwell Somerset Beggars Bush 1838
Source
Tithe Award, t674.
Thanks
Personal Communication Prof. Michael Costen
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Kensington & Acton, Middlesex, London Beggars Bush 1736
Proceedings of the Old Bailey record the case against Thomas Dwyer and James O Neal for highway robbery. On 8th September 1736 the evidence of the victim, “James Maintrew . July the 31st, I was coming from Horton in Buckinghamshire; at Beggars-bush, between Acton and Kensington, there is a Bridge, and by that Bridge there is a Dunghill and a Gate”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge Beggars Bush 1815
It is fairly well known that the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge liked the play by Fletcher and Massinger (though then regarded as by Beaumont & Fletcher). In Table Talk (17 February 1833) he was recorded as saying ”In the romantic drama Beaumont and Fletcher are almost supreme. Their plays are in general most truly delightful. I could read the Beggar’s Bush from morning to night. How sylvan and sunshiny it is!” However, he expressed reservations about their plots, which he described as “wholly inartificial” and lamented that no “gentleman and scholar can he found to edit these beautiful plays!” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: September 3rd, 2011 | Filed under: Writers, Speculations, The Play | Tags: Douglas Kinnaird, The Play, William Godwin | No Comments »
Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire Great & Little Beggars Bushes 1794
Gloucestershire RO, Parish Deeds, Westbury On Severn, ref. D2957/328/6 dated 28 and 29 January 1794, includes a documents referring to a “messuage and farm called the Noards in Westbury with lands; Bunnells Marsh common field (½a), The Long orchard (6a). The Home Orchard (4a); The Bean Plock or Pleck (2a) The Upper Orchard (4a); the Great Beggars Bushes (4a); the Little Beggars Bushes (1a).”
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Philip Henslowe c.1555-1616
Philip Henslowe provides a link between the area of a cluster of early Beggars Bush place names in Sussex and many of the early authors who used Beggars Bush in their works. He is best known for his “Diary”, which is the main primary source for the day to day workings of Elizabethan theatre. He was an entrepreneur with wide business and family links in London and Sussex. I cannot show that he ever used the phrase, but he must have been aware of it. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: June 27th, 2011 | Filed under: Writers, Speculations, The Play | Tags: Brian Twyne, Henry Chettle, Henry Porter, John Day, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Robert Greene, The Play | No Comments »
Dublin, Donnybrook – False Trails Beggars
The usual explanation of the place name Beggars Bush is that it was a haunt of highwaymen or beggars. However, the record of Beggars boush in 1573 undermines these later explanations at Dublin, Donnybrook. Many historical works on Dublin give this. I believe they are examples of the tendency to adopt restrospective romantic explanations. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 30th, 2011 | Filed under: Places, Speculations | Tags: Baggotrath, Donnybrook, Dublin, False Trails, Ireland, beggars, early sites, folly, naming story, prints, proverb | No Comments »
Dublin, Donnybrook – False Trails Prints
There are four early prints purporting to show Beggars Bush at Donnybrook. It is difficult to identify these with any recorded features or with each other. It seems that the two later prints take liberties with the features to present an artistic scene. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 30th, 2011 | Filed under: Places, Speculations | Tags: Donnybrook, Dublin, False Trails, Ireland, beggars, prints, proverb | No Comments »