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

Mere, Wiltshire Beggars Bush 1890

Thomas Baker refers to a site on the boundary of the Down and arable land adjoining the turnpike road from Mere to Salisbury, which was a large space of waste ground. Baker wrote he was “under the impression” it was named from being a haunt of gypsies. Michael Tighe reports that Baker was a reliable informant who lived locally, and was Chairman of the Board of Poor Law Guardians. Read the rest of this entry »

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