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

Grewelthorpe, West Yorkshire Beggars Bush 1775

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.

The name Beggars Bush is recorded on Thomas Jefferies map of the West Riding dated 1775 next to a building some distance from the nearest lane. No building is shown on a map dated 1600, which shows the field as pasture. This name is recorded as late as 1915 in Robinson’s District Directory for Grewelthorpe.

It appears to be at the location of what is now known as Bush Farm. Remarkable Baptism Registers for 28 & 29 September 1844 for two daughters of William & Ann Hammond give their address in one as Beggars Bush, and the other as Bush Farm

OS Grid

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Sources

www.grewelthorpe.org.uk

www.kirkbymalzeard.com

Posted: April 25th, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: , , | 1 Comment »

One Comment on “Grewelthorpe, West Yorkshire Beggars Bush 1775”

  1. 1: Brian Kealy said at 6:14 pm on November 19th, 2016:

    Three other references to Beggar Bush in Masham records:
    (a) Baptism of Samuel son of Simon Wrather of Beggar Bush 3 August 1728 – ( Simon married Mary Sutton 1 May 1727 at Masham and was registered as an elector in Grewelthorpe
    (b) William Wrather yeoman of Beggar Bush d 1758 (married to Frances and mad e a good will)
    (c) A William Wrather of Beggars Busk whose wife M indecipherable died and was buried in what is now the aisle of Masham church – she shares a grave/stone with indecipherable wife of ??? Robinson? of Spring Hall (or Hill)
    No dates have so far been recovered and it was not described in Fisher’s antiquities which could suggest that it is post 1860 though it looks much older ad is badly worn. It is under the nave carpet.
    Samuel Wrather’s will is 1806, his son Simon’s 1854 which led to the auction.
    Who was the LJB on Spring Hall? Did Battley or Batley have it at ine time?


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