Beaulieu River - quick question.

[Wandering Star]

Whereabouts on the Beaulieu River is "Keeping Trees". I'm unfamiliar with the name.

TIA.

Brian.

 

[emsworthy]

Brian,

there's certainly a Keeping Copse and a Keeping House Lodge in the Beaulieu/Bucklers Hard area. Don't know about "Keeping Trees" though. Keeping is my family name and the place is littered with distant relatives. I seem to recall that Lord Montague's gamekeeper is Bob Keeping or something similar.

I am told this is where the family originated from but I am always interested in other's knowledge so I will watch this thread with interest.

 

[emsworthy]

Just done a bit more digging as I'm intrigued now.

The only reference I can find on t'interweb is this holiday cottage in the area where in the description it mentions permitted fishing areas on the river as being "Buckler's Hard, Keeping Trees and Bailey's Hard by Permit only."

www.newforestliving.co.uk/holidaycottage/beaulieu-river-view-beaulieu-58

Hope this might help a bit.

and here
http://www.beaulieuriver.co.uk/about/fishing

 

[Seajet]

Brian,

there's certainly a Keeping Copse and a Keeping House Lodge in the Beaulieu/Bucklers Hard area. Don't know about "Keeping Trees" though. Keeping is my family name and the place is lettered with distant relatives. I seem to recall that Lord Montague's gamekeeper is Bob Keeping or something similar.

I am told this is where the family originated from but I am always interested in other's knowledge so I will watch this thread with interest.

' Keeping ' a copse seems a good explanation to me, just as some Mr Smiths had Blacksmiths as a Dad.

 

[richardsn9]

Isn't it the area round the first bend above Buckler's Hard where the small dinghy pontoon and birdwatching hide are?

 

[Wandering Star]

Isn't it the area round the first bend above Buckler's Hard where the small dinghy pontoon and birdwatching hide are?

Yes it is! I emailed the Beaulieu River harbourmaster and he explained it's about half a mile uppriver toward Beaulieu from the marina. He also sent me a couple of aerial pix which I'd post on here if I had more than one working brain cell.

Reason I asked was because I want to move my small boat from Portugal back to UK and I'm looking for a mooring. The HM offered me a choice of "The Trots" just below the Master Builder for a tad over £2k (I had a mooring there a few years back) or one at "Keeping Trees" for approaching £3k. I'm pretty skint so wondered why the second offer was more expensive. Now I know where it is, I'm leaning toward cutting back on my families housekeeping and clothing budgets in order to afford "Keeping Trees" because its a lovely spot, well sheltered and with an abundance of bird and animal life - must be lovely to wake up to the dawn chorus thereabouts.

Thanks to Emsworthy and Seajet too for their interesting contributions to the possible derivation of the name.

Cheers, Brian.