Memories of eighty years / by John Beddoe M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.

  • Beddoe, John, 1826-1911.
Date:
1910
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    Memories of Eighty Years. CHAPTER I. CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION I think myself fortunate in having been bom in the midst of lovely scenery, on the bank of a noble river, and close to an extensive forest, all which things I conceive tend to foster the love of poetry and art and the study of natural history. The little borough of Bewdley (Beaulieu, beautiful place), which still gives name to the constituency of West Worcestershire, is close to the confines of Salopia and of Staffordshire, and formed during some ages a portion of the Welsh Marches ; its most western street is still known as the Welshgate. Its history is remarkably interesting; but I need say nothing more about its annals, as they have been extremely well told by the Rev. J. Burton in his History of Bewdley. My father was engaged in business of various kinds ; he was a native of Ledbury, in Hereford- shire, and his mother was a sister of Dr. Edward Woodyatt, an eminent physician in Worcester and father-in-law of Sir Charles Hastings, the founder of the British Medical Association. But the Beddoes i 2