Horsebridge Avenue
Horsebridge Avenue is so named because of its proximity to the nearby bridge over Badsey Brook, known as Horse Bridge, indicating its original usage.
Horsebridge Avenue is on land which used to belong to Aldington but which became part of Badsey in 1921. The estate was the first post Second World War Council development. It was planned during the war and built shortly afterwards at a time of famine in building materials The prefabricated type houses were thought by many at the time to be merely temporary but are still there after 70 years.
The estate consists of 74 houses (eight terraced houses, two detached houses and 64 semi-detached houses) built as an inner circle and outer circle. The inner circle was built first, in 1947, followed by the outer circle, taking about four years to complete. Mostly ex-servicemen moved into the new houses. One of the houses in the inner circle, Number 31, was the 1000th Council house to be built by Evesham Rural District Council; there is a plaque on the wall.