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Survey of English Place-Names

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Beggarthorn

Other OS name in the Parish of Cadney

Historical Forms

  • Beggar thorne 1629 Yarb
  • Beggor Thorne 1687 Inv
  • Beggarthorne 1720 Yarb
  • Beggar Thorn Farm 1795 ib
  • Beggarthorne walk 1844 TA

Etymology

( lost ) , 1824 O , 1830 Gre , Beggar thorne 1629Yarb , Beggor Thorne 1687Inv , Beggarthorne 1720Yarb , Beggar Thorn Farm 1795ib , Beggarthorne walk 1844TA . On 1824 O , Beggarthorn occupies the site of the modern Pepperdale Fm infra , Pepperdale itself being marked to the south of the farm . Beggar is found among minor and f. ns . , where it is often used in a transferred sense of ' worthless ' , v. the examples quoted in Field 17 – 18 .