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We welcome well-researched articles relating to Badsey, Aldington or Wickhamford. Please send as a Word document to history@badsey.net; photos should be sent separately as JPEGs.

Oct 2026: Marriages of Military Men in Wickhamford during World War 2
Sep 2026: The Badsey Barbers
Sep 2026: Joseph Payton (1871-1951) – absentee owner of Field Farm, Wickhamford
Jul 2026: A Weasel in Wickhamford
Jul 2026: William George Howells of Aldington and Wickhamford (1885-1964)
Jun 2026: A strange coincidence linking a Badsey resident with a property owner of a century ago
Jun 2026: Hocktide in Badsey
Jun 2026: The Badsey Gargoyle - a poem by Brian Smith
Jun 2026: Francis Thomas Marrian (1849-1893) – Silversmith lodging at Wickhamford Manor in 1891
May 2026: Drone footage of the tower and gargoyles of St James’ Church, Badsey
May 2026: Recent Roman coin finds from Badsey
May 2026: Edwin Bearcroft (1857-1944) of Longdon Hill, Wickhamford
Mar 2026: A History of Laburnum Villa, 45 Bretforton Road, and the land on which it is situated
Mar 2026: Parochial List of Out-Door Poor in Wickhamford on Lady Day, 1871
Mar 2026: Badsey Society visit to the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey
Mar 2026: Sir Thomas Phillipps’ half acre of land in Wickhamford
Feb 2026: Summer 1916 – A lad from Bristol helps on the land at Aldington
Feb 2026: "The Price of Divorce" - Badsey Manor House features in a 1928 silent movie
Feb 2026: Tony Jerram Award Winner 2026 – Marlene Atkinson
Feb 2026: Report on the Badsey Society AGM and Review of the Year 2025
Jan 2026: Entertainment at Wickhamford Tythe Barn in 1872
Jan 2026: Help save the historic church of St John the Baptist, Wickhamford
Jan 2026: Development of Allsebrook Gardens and the construction of Badsey’s current vicarage
Jan 2026: A Walk down The Green - a poem by Brian Smith
Dec 2025: Manor Cottages in Wickhamford Lane – Occupants from 1911 to 1957
Dec 2025: Leesa Sandys-Lumsdaine (1936-1985) – artist with a Wickhamford Connection
Nov 2025: Charles Binyon's diaries - autobiographical notes updated
Nov 2025: Yeomen in Wickhamford in the early 19th Century
Oct 2025: A 1915 postcard throws more light on Belgian Refugees in Badsey during WWI
Oct 2025: The creation of Littleton and Badsey Station
Oct 2025: The last days of steam at Blackminster
Oct 2025: Frank Banner (1881-1956) - Wickhamford Licensee and Market Gardener
Sep 2025: The Stratton connection with Badsey Silk Mill
Sep 2025: Badsey contributions to Protestant churches and families in Poland and Bohemia, 1658
Sep 2025: Badsey and Wickhamford contributions to Foreign Missions, 1925
Sep 2025: Hovels in the Vale of Evesham
Sep 2025: George Lloyd – a hovel dweller of Sands Lane, Badsey
Sep 2025: Aldington Craft Bazaar in Aid of Badsey Church Restoration, 1890
Sep 2025: Theft of a Horse in Aldington in 1686
Aug 2025: The Marshall Family of Badsey and their connection with The Wheatsheaf Inn
Aug 2025: Sprout Picking Champion – a tall tale by Brian Smith
Aug 2025: BBC Programme on the Vale of Evesham, 1940
Aug 2025: The All England Sprout Picking Championship
Aug 2025: Evesham’s Roman Ford - That Wasn’t
Jul 2025: A House through Time - Harrington House, High Street, Badsey
Jul 2025: Harrington House – The story of a late 20th-century make-over
Jul 2025: Badsey Village Church – a poem by Terry Sparrow
Jul 2025: Flax Growing in Badsey, Aldington and Wickhamford
Jul 2025: The Restoration of St James' Church, Badsey, 1885
Jul 2025: Wickhamford Memorial Hall Committee, 1951
Jul 2025: The Wheatsheaf Inn Darts Team, 1940s-1950s
Jul 2025: A poem by Brian Smith about Badsey Butcher's Shop and the Hartwells
Jul 2025: Helen Hartwell –Teleprinter Operator at BBC Wood Norton
Jul 2025: Bill Jones, known to all as 'Cunger' - the Badsey road man
Jul 2025: Transcription of the Banns of Marriage Register for Badsey with Aldington, 1922-1961
Jun 2025: Badsey Church in 1852
Jun 2025: Wickhamford Church in 1852
Jun 2025: Wickhamford Photos - Track Changes
Jun 2025: Aaron Evans – an 1831 Militia defaulter originally from Wickhamford
May 2025: "They shall grow not old" – Laurence Binyon and his connection with Badsey
May 2025: VE Day - the 80th anniversary
May 2025: A Jackdaw at Badsey School
May 2025: The Arts & Crafts Movement in the Cotswolds