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Matthew Edwards Origins: Ballad of Little Musgrave (8) RE: Origins: Ballad of Little Musgrave 15 Dec 11


There was a thread some time ago asking about the origins of the name Buckelsfordbery, but I can't reopen the thread to check it. However I think Greg Stephens made the wise comment that Bucklesfordbury probably is on the road to Scarlet Town (ie its existence is purely imaginary).

Having said that there actually was a place in Westmorland now in the modern county of Cumbria called Buckles Bridge about 4 miles west of the village of Little Musgrave. The bridge crosses the River Belah on the road from Kaber to Barras in Stainmore, and lies just below the farmstead of Buckles itself. The bridge is now known as Oxenthwaite Bridge (Grid ref NY 824 120). The earlier bridge and the road were built with money left in the will of Sir Cuthbert Buckle, a local lad made good, who became Lord Mayor of London but died of the plague in 1594 during his term of office. Whether there was a ford over the Belah before the bridge was built, and what the name of any such ford might have been, are both unknown.

Matthew


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