Bush Ground – Huntingdonshire

Bush Ground is the county top of Huntingdonshire. Bush Ground is a field of which is part of Bottom Farm, at Covington. The field runs up to the border with Northamptonshire (and is just north of the three shires point of Huntingdonshire-Northamptonshire-Bedfordshire). The field has borne its name for many years.  In the eighteenth century it was part of the estates of the Duke of Manchester, and is referred to in correspondence at the time as “Bushy Ground”.

Of all the counties of the United Kingdom, Huntingdonshire’s is the lowest highest point, at 80 metres.

Bush Ground

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