A cartoon of her jumping the "sacred boundary of discretion" dates from the year she died.

She reportedly spent her last 30 or 40 years living inside a hollow tree within a mile of Warminster, although it was noted that she did visit cities like Bristol and Bath and nearby "gentlemen's houses".

[3] The same year, a cartoon was published showing her as "Lady Betty Besom" in a ridiculous wig, riding a dappled horse over the "sacred boundary of discretion".

The cartoon by Matt(hew) Darly shows her, holding her besom and leaving behind the broom of marriage, the stool of repentance and a pile of bills for milliners, hairdressers, outfitters etc.

The house (now Grade II* listed) was built in 1720 next to what is now the Theatre Royal, and an inscription in a blind ground-floor window claims that Popjoy and Nash lived there until his death.