Wickwar is a village in South Gloucestershire between Chipping Sodbury and Charfield.
Tithe Award, no.479.
Field, J., English Field-Names; A Dictionary, Newton Abbott, 1993, p.17
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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.
EPNS, 1964, Part III, p.9.
OS Pathfinder map
John Pile, Phil Quinn
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Iron-Acton is a village and a parish north-west of Yate and Chipping Sodbury
Tithe Award 1993, no.39
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Field name adjacent to road.
Bill Worsfold A History of Brimpsfield Parish, Brimpsfield Parish Council, 1999, p.87
John Pile
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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.
The Bristol Mercury, 16 Dec 1837, reported a meeting of the Trades at the Tailors Hall, Broad Street to support Mr Berkeley the “radical” candidate against a petition by the Tories for his removal on the basis his agents had offered bribes to the electors. Mr Sennington, “rising to move the first resolution” and remarking on the strength of the trades in Bristol referred to the signatories to the Tory petition;
“First there was Mr Bush: perhaps they all recollected a large tree on Durdham Down, which was called the Beggars’ Bush; now he could imagine a tall gigantic individual, lowly stooping to each passenger as he passed by soliciting a subscription in aid of the petition fund.”
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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 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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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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