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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 |