THE BRAMHAM MOOR COUNTRY. 2 1 



given or asked, and 38,000 of England's best and bravest 

 were slain. Renshaw Wood, which that day provided a 

 hiding-place for many a soldier of the defeated Lancastrian 

 army, is now famous for the many good runs which the 

 Bramham have had from it. Towton Spring is also a good 

 covert in this neighbourhood, as is Saxton Carr ; and 

 Grimston Willow Beds is another good covert within easy 

 distance of Towton. 



Tadcaster and Stutton Willow Beds are the most 

 northerly coverts in the south-eastern district, the former 

 being close to the river Wharfe, and the south-western 

 extremity of the district is found at Peckfiekl Lodge, 

 where New Field Whin is a good covert, and whence 

 the Ledsham Woods are easily reachable. Hook Moor 

 is some two-and-a-half miles to the north of Peck field 

 Bar, and is a favourite meet at that side of the country. 

 Though there are some very big woods in the neighbourhood, 

 and a man requires to keep his eyes open if he wishes to 

 get a good start with hounds, it is a nice sporting country, 

 and foxes do not dwell so much as one would think. 

 Huddlestone Woods, Parlington, Micklefield, and Ringhay, 

 are the principal coverts, and there is a wood called Daniel 

 Hartley from which many a good run has been seen. The 

 only other fixture in the south-eastern district of the Hunt is 

 Becca Mill, from which some capital sport is generally seen. 

 Its woods lie to the north of Parlington, and as an instance 

 of how the face of the country has altered in compaiatively 

 recent years, I may mention that the late Mr. George Lane 

 Fox remembered the now enclosed and cultivated country 

 round Becca as open moor and pasture. 



By far the worst country that the Bramham Moor 



hounds hunt over is the south-western portion. Much of 



this is on a light soil ; there is a large proportion of land 



under plough, and it is plough of the worst scenting kind 



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