Beggars Bush Farm was an isolated farm near the village of Grewelthorpe in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard, West Yorkshire, about 8 miles from Ripon. It is an example where there is a documented alternate simple Bush name, which survives. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 25th, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: Grewelthorpe, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire | 1 Comment »
Referred to in 1609 in a Deed initially as “the long close near the way leading to Hatfield called the Beggars Bush Close or Hungerhill Close” and in 1615 as a “close of pasture in Wheatley or Doncaster (2a.) adjoining Wheatley Common and called Moreclose or Beggar Buske Close” and this name is used a reference point in two later deeds. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 23rd, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: Bentley, Lullington, West Yorkshire, Wheatley, derogatory | No Comments »