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D7990 - Twigg family of Bonsall and Ashover - 18th-20th cent
- F - Family Papers
  - 6 - Verse and Music - [19th cent]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D7990/F/6/9
Former Reference	TW967
Title	The beggar's ramble' (manuscript)
Date	[18th cent]
Description	Poem / song lyric beginning: 'Come heark ye well my masters all & pray can you t[ell] / Which is the Readiest road unto the Beggars Well' and thereafter listing villages, houses and occasional pubs that a beggar might pass through, ending in Leek. 29 couplets (58 lines) in total.
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Twigg family of Bonsall and Ashover
Format	Document
Term	Poetry
Transcript or Index	The Beggars Ramble Come heark ye well my masters all & pray can y[e] t[ell] Which is the Readiest road unto the Beggars Well There is Suggar thumbs of Warmford & Bessese in the flash There is Ropemakers of Maxfield & Dales of Bradley […] There is Haggs mear & staggs mear & Blake mear so […] There is Willshes & Colshes & Merry horse Clough There is Longner & Buxton & Winter side ith Shade And from there you may go forward till you come to the west ga[te] There is overhadden & Neither Hadden & Stanton on the hill There is hartle hall & Alport & there’s a paper mill There is Middleton & Monney ash and flag town so rough There is Birchover & Al/Eclester & so to the Pilhoof There is Bowers hall & Roosley & Tinkersly […] I’d thought to g[…] the East more [?] [..] can the […] There is Beely & Baslow & Middleton & [Eyam ?] There is folow & wardlow & Hucklow old Vein There is Stunstid hall & hargate & woremill on the hill and from there you may go forwards till you come to Blackwell mill There is Blackwell & Blackwell Dytch & Pressly beside There is Tadington & Sheldon & Ashford upon tide There is Longson & Rulland & Hassop & All There is Enser & Chatsworth & there’s a pretty Hall There is Stantliff & Todholl & so to the Cross Green There is Wensly & Snitterton is a Little mile Between There is Matlock & Tansley & Riber so high There is Darley Dale & Bonsall & Slaly it lies by There is Winster & Elton & Gratten in the vale And there is a pretty Landlady But I’ll not tell her name [page 2] There is Bonney Bess of Waterfall & Blinking pegg of Belper There is Brandy Bess of W[o?]ton Lane & Dolly Wood of Winster There is Bigin & Heartenton & heath cote stands between There is Woescote & Berisford Worslow & Sheen There is Coton & Cotton & Waterfall & Grin and Those are four of the foulest towns as Ever man came in There is Ilam more By Ashbourn all over the peak Hills For wool & Lead is the Chiefest things that this Country yields There is Oker hall & Blower hall & Mappleton ith sand There is Tharpton & Bently & Tisingtons good Land There is Porridge & Brassinton & Bradbourn & Win There is Hopton & Carson & Knock a Down Inn There is Middleton & Cromford & so to the Go[rsey] Bank and if you taste of Wirksworth ale there you w[…] There is pi[ke] hall & […]ech wall & […]nton […] There is Alwork & Ible & so to the Grange [mill] There is Ireton & Hogniston & Atlow & foul and from there you go to Bradley & there’s a pretty hall There’s Merkinson & Mugginton & Elsery & Quarn And in that pretty Cuntry there growes good Corn Theres Alton & Scatton & so to the Beeton forge and from there you go to Tidbury & Inn at the old George There is Eleson & Woton & at Stamington is good Ale And from there you go to Swinscote or penney stones ith Vale There is Artill & feely & Rinster so high There is Cheadle & the Okesmoore a Little place hard by There is Quickshall & Rooster & Dubbridge beyond And from there you go to Whetter & there lies good Land There is Overton & Netherton & Bremost & foul There is Leek Church & park hall & Atlow in the hole

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