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

Ascot Heath, Berkshire Beggars Bush 1713

Beggars Bush is north west of the junction of the A329 and B383 at Sunninghill, formerly known as the Cannon Crossroads (also Silwood Crossways or Cannon Corner), home of The Cannon pub (currently the Piazza Italian restaurant). It is now beneath the Science Park on the eastern edge of the Silwood Park campus of Imperial College, London. Silwood is the same name as Selwood Forest, at the bounds of which were several Beggars Bush sites in Somerset. The location is consistent with the derogatory explanation for the name. Read the rest of this entry »

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