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

Wickwar, Gloucestershire Beggars Bush 1838

Wickwar is a village in South Gloucestershire between Chipping Sodbury and Charfield.

Source

Tithe Award, no.479.

Field, J., English Field-Names; A Dictionary, Newton Abbott, 1993, p.17

Thanks

Phil Quinn

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Oldbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire Beggars Bush Lane ?

The OS Map shows a footpath leading from a track called Stoneyard Lane which seems to lead from cultivated fields to a drained area with no field boundaries.

Sources

EPNS, 1964, Part III, p.9.

OS Pathfinder map

Thanks

John Pile, Phil Quinn

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Iron Acton Gloucestershire Beggars Bush 1839

Iron-Acton is a village and a parish north-west of Yate and Chipping Sodbury

Source

Tithe Award 1993, no.39

Thanks

Phil Quinn

 

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Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire Beggars Bush 1838

Field name adjacent to road.

Source

Bill Worsfold A History of Brimpsfield Parish, Brimpsfield Parish Council, 1999, p.87

Thanks

John Pile

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Henbury, Bristol, Gloucestershire Beggars Bush Close 1790

A Lease dated 12 May 1790 of minerals rights (lead, copper, iron ores, coal and calamine) under Knowle Field refers to the adjoining wood, Knowle Paddock, and Beggars Bush Close in Henbury. Read the rest of this entry »

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Ashchurch, Gloucestershire Beggar Bush ?

The only source I have this for is Field, J., English Field-Names; A Dictionary, Newton Abbott, 1993, p.17. Read the rest of this entry »

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Phil Quinn Beggars Bush: A study of liminality and social exclusion

Phil Quinn takes a look at the ubiquitous place name of Beggars Bush and finds darkness at the edge of town

Quinn Beggars Bush 3rd Stone 1999
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Origins

As the purpose of this website is to put up for examination research into the place name Beggars Bush I felt I should include this article because it prompted my researches. Quinn’s hypothesis was that these were liminal sites on boundaries where begging or beggars were tolerated.

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Posted: March 17th, 2011 | Filed under: Speculations | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments »