Great Houghton, South Yorkshire Beggars Bush 1679

By a Deed of Exchange  dated 28 Nov 1679 Thomas Box acquired “land by the beggars bush, 1 land on long broome 1 eyes, other land on Thurnscoe Field east, 2 single lands on Carnaby field, all in Gt. Houghton”. The earliest entry used the definite article which suggests an actual bush, though it doesn’t prove anything about whether there was a beggar under under it. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: April 24th, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: Great Houghton, Yorkshire, bush | No Comments »