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

Pirton, Hertfordshire Beggars Bush 1664

Terriers of the Manor of Pirton Doddingsales for 1664 and 1693 (HALS DE17 & DE19) both include the description “the way that leadeth to Beggar’s Bush” which ran through the common Windmill Field. The site appears to be in the middle of a large exposed open field, close to the site of a windmill.The Will of John Farmer 30th October 1725 includes four fields described variously as  on” “in” and “across” Beggars Bush Way. A 1985 survey records the name for a field recorded in 1800 as Whitmarsh Shot.

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Sources

Pirton History

Farmer Family History

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