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

Granner Wood, Presteigne, Powys Beggars Bush Lane ?

Richard Green says that it is a Green Lane, following Offa’s Dyke for a short while, but the name is not used by locals now. Ivan Moncton disputes this.

The site is about 1¼ miles from the Beggars Bush at Evenjobb, so are likely to be related. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: April 24th, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: , , , | No Comments »


Evenjobb, Presteigne, Powys Beggars Bush 1675

This site is recorded in many sources, and is now connected to a house near a crossroads, and there is another Beggars Bush nearby. There is also a naming story involving Charles I, which would provide an earlier date for the name. However, the story is doubtful, and doesn’t actually use the phrase Beggars Bush, though the context is consistent with the literary usage. It is better evidence of the distribution of the literary phrase than of the place name.
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Posted: April 4th, 2011 | Filed under: Places | Tags: , , , , | 7 Comments »