Tithe Survey Plot Number 974, in the Parish of Wootton Wawen, Coventry Diocese.
7 Acres, 0 Roods, 24 Perches.
State of Cultivation, Arable.
Landowner Sir Edward Joseph Smythe, Bart.
Occupier, Mrs Mary Middleton.
Notes; Tithe free by Act of Parliament. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: October 9th, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: Warwickshire | No Comments »
Tithe Survey:
Plot Number 15, in the Parish of Stretton Baskerville, Coventry Diocese
5 Acres, 0 Roods, 17 Perches
State of Cultivation, Arable
Landowner John Huskisson
Occupier William Powers
Posted: October 9th, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: Warwickshire | No Comments »
Beggars Bush Lane runs off the A449 Stourbridge Road, The name is recorded in the 1841 Census and also as Beggars Bush Lodge, Himley Park, which was a gatehouse for Himley Hall. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 21st, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: Warwickshire, Wombourne, pubs | 5 Comments »
1891 Census Return, RG12/2479 for Bearley District, Bearley Parish, records at 139, Whitley Beggars Bush, with Samuel Shervington, Head, aged 64, a Farm Labourer, with a housekeeper and at 140, Beggars Bush, with Clement Weetman, Head, age 68, an Agricultural Labourer, with his wife, and adult son. Assuming the census taker is proceeding sequentially the location appears to be between Preston Green and Whitley House, along or near the Warwick Road east of Henley-in-Arden. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 21st, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: Bearley, Warwickshire | No Comments »
The Tithe Survey includes Plot Number 21 in the Parish of Baginton, Coventry.
Area : 9 Acres, 1 Rood, 20 Perches).
State of Cultivation : not given.
Landowner : Revd Walter Davenport Bromley.
Occupier : Thomas Newbold.
Warwickshire Record Office CR0569/15
Posted: May 8th, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: Baginton, Warwickshire | No Comments »
This is an unusual entry as it refers to an actual bush. It doesn’t refer to any beggars. Inevitably, this being Stratford upon Avon, William Shakespeare must be mentioned. He didn’t use ‘beggars bush’ as a literary phrase, although he does refer to being “married under a bush, like a beggar” in As You Like It (Act III, Scene 3). However, he may have known this actual bush.
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Posted: March 19th, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: Godmanchester, Stratford, Warwickshire, bush | No Comments »
The Beggars Bush Inn stands at a crossroads on a main road and there is still a bush. However, neither are the originals, and the name has been applied to several other places, pubs & bushes in the area. It is probably impossible now to fix the original location. It also has a naming story, which cannot be verified. If nothing else the history shows the popularity of the name, and how it can become attached to local features.
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Posted: March 13th, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: Oscott, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, beggars, maps, naming story, pubs | 2 Comments »