One of three named wells in Goodmanham, the others being Lady Well, and St Helen’s Well. Marked on OS map, beside an old green track, which follows the path of the Wold’s Way. The water issues from the slope and suns over a sandy bed to a nearby stream. No signs of stones or steps. “There is an old and venerable bush on the bank above but why it was called Beggars Bush no-one seems to know”. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 8th, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: Goodmanham, Yorkshire | No Comments »
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 »
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 »
Referred to in Deeds as “3a. near Beggar’s Bush in Amersall Field” (1821). A map of Amersall and other fields dated 1735 showed them divided into smaller units. These open fields were not enclosed until after 1827. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 23rd, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: Bentley, Wheatley, Yorkshire | No Comments »
