Uley, Gloucestershire Beggers Bush 1723

Indenture dated 9 Sept., 1723, between Thomas Bayly, of Uley, gent, (1), and Michael Bayly, of Uley, gent, (father of Thomas Bayly) (2) of land in Uley, including 8 acres of arable land in the West field, in Uley, whereof 4 acres lye together below Seechmead, gives other locations and ends “and the other acre thereof, residue of said 8 acres, lieth in the said field at a place called Beggers Bush, next Mr. Basset’s tyning hedge”.

Seechmead may possibly be a variant for queach for which OED gives “a dense growth of bushes; a thicket” and also (1726 and 1825) “a patch of untillable land characterized by such thickets”, which would be consistent with a derogatory usage for poor land (see Annington).

There is a Coldharbour Farm to the west of Uley, which may be in the area of the “West Field”, which seems likely to have been beyond the “Nether Field”.

OS Grid

ST7898

Source

Enrolled 20 June, 6 George II; Close roll, 5469, Gloucestershire Notes and Queries (1894) p.351

Posted: April 23rd, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: Annington, Coldharbour, Gloucester, Sussex, Uley, derogatory | No Comments »