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

Rudbaxton, Pembrokeshire Beggers-bush 1822

The name appears in lists of places compiled from the 1891 and 1901 censuses.

Rudbaxton (pron. “ribeston”) is a parish just north of Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, east of the Haverfordwest to Fishguard road. The late nineteenth century OS Maps show a hamlet consisting of St Michael’s Church church and a few buildings which seem to form one farm. No precise location is given.  Near are place names such as Folly, Lands End, Cold Blow, Thornbush, Furzy Mount and Withybush. The population of the parish fell by third from 1844 to 1929. The soil is described as “rabby”.

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Posted: October 9th, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: | No Comments »

Sticky: Laugharne, Carmarthenshire Beggars Bush 1909 ?

The name is a “Hoisting Place” on the Laugharne Common Walk. This is a ceremony of beating the bounds held once every three years, when the people of the town, led by the Portreeve and the officials of the Court, retrace the town’s ancient boundaries. Ritual “hoisting” is used to remind younger walkers of the location and name of Hoisting Places – more civilised than the more corporal ways of getting young boys to remember bounds in some historical records. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: May 21st, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: , , , | No Comments »