Lovely to hear from you and thank you very much for your kind comments. I have put up an article about the Wright family on the website in the People section. This should help you when you come to Badsey in the autumn. Did you know that The Wheatsheaf, which your 3x-great-grandmother, Fanny Wright, owned in the 19th century, has rooms? So you would be able to stay in the very house where your family lived! Do you have any photos of Adolphus and Emma Wright and their children? If so, I would be happy to add to the article.
Barbara, how lovely to find your note! I am a 2nd cousin by way of Frederick William! I was actually researching your branch of the family and looking for more details regarding your mom. :-) I try to build my tree down, as well as up, in order to facilitate placing cousins when they pop up!
So now you know, you have a 2nd cousins, 1x removed in North Carolina! All the best!
So nice to receive your note, Angela!
I would love to know more about how we are related via Frederick William Wright.
My mother, Jayne (née Dorothy Jane) Wright Kienzle (1919-1997) was the daughter of John Frederick Wright (1894-1982), the 3rd of his 6 children. Fred was her grandfather.
As you’ve no doubt seen on the Badsey website, John was the older of 2 sons born to Fred & his first wife, Grace Eggleston Wright. I understand his 2nd wife was named Hattie, but I don’t know more than that.
I have quite a bit of information re:my branch of the family that I would be happy to share. And, I’m thrilled to know of a 2nd cousin I didn’t know I had!
I have 12 living first cousins, & I have been pulling together some family history for them, based on research done by one cousin’s wife & another’s son. I am just beginning my own research really.
I went to Badsey & drove around bits of Warwickshire last Sept. to see where my ancestors came from. I had learned quite a bit from the website, but after I got in touch with Maureen from The Badsey Society & asked, “Why Auburn, Ohio?” the information increased significantly. I am so grateful for the work they have done!!!
It really is exciting to hear from you, & I would love to exchange information — & to know more about my cousins in NC.
I live in Ohio, but my family is scattered all over the US. In fact, I have one first cousin-once-removed who lives in Charlotte.
Barbara, Fred was my great great grandfather. His son, Harold Emory, was my great-grandfather. I won't go in to all the details (and haven't honestly pieced them all together), but my grandmother was one of his daughters from a first marriage. In fact, apparently the 'other' family had been told she was actually a mistress, but let's face it, divorce in the early 20th century would have been a HUGE scandal. At this time all I have is that both girls used the name Wright, identified him as their father (which DNA confirms), and he was definitely living with my great-grandmother in her parents' home in 1920 and was identified as her husband. Isn't family history grand! LOL
It's one of many mysteries I've been working on, and one reason I was thrilled to locate you, as I'd love to know of any 'stories' that may have been told.
I'd love to connect directly, but don't really want to publicly post my email. Perhaps you could find me either on Facebook (I live in Pittsboro, NC and go by my full name - Angela Darrow Flynn. Or if you don't do Facebook, you can contact me via work - I'm the Director of Liturgy and Music at www.icdurham.org.
Hello again
You are Uncle Em’s great-granddaughter!
What a nice surprise! He was such a gentleman. Everyone in the family really liked him & loved seeing him.
I will share a little more later.
I am not on FB, & so I sent an email to your church/work address: office@icdurham.org (Subject: Message for Angela Flynn from Barbara Kienzle)
I hope that was right.
I am trying to find Huguenot ancestors who lived in Worcestershire sometime before and around 1750 with the name Minett (or similar spelling). Our ancestor Thomas Minett moved to Oswestry where he got married in 1782. He was a malster and innkeeper (Sun Inn in Oswestry). I have found several Minetts in the Evesham area that are likely relatives and would welcome any information I can get to find the right ancestors. with thanks in advance
If you look at the People Index on our website, you will see that there were five people with the name of MINET living in Badsey from at least 1778-1800. Where they came from and where they went to after James Minet’s death in 1800 (or this family line may simply have died out) is not known. I see from Ancestry that there was a James Minet, son of Thomas and Mary Minet, baptised in 1734 in London, and a James Minet, son of Jonathan Minet, baptised in 1734 in Stratford-on-Avon. James’ age at time of death was given as 67, so those two people are possible lines of enquiry.
Thanks for this information. I have been looking into these Minets but not been able to find a link to the Thomas Minett who moved on to live in Oswestry. So I was hoping that someone would be able to provide more information in the hope that I could link any of them to our family tree.
If you click on Churchyard Inscriptions, then Church Survey Books by Peter Stewart, then Bengeworth, Evesham. In that book you will a number of Minett burials in both the old Parish Church of Bengeworth, and a number of Minett burials in the index to burials in Bengeworth Cemetery, Evesham, which I have added to the rear of the book. As for the rest of Evesham, there is only one Minett burial in All Saints Churchyard, and that was James Minett who buried there in 1850. There is also a single burial in Waterside Cemetery, Evesham, a William Minett who was buried there in 1982.
Just been trying to trace a family connection with the Phillips Family and Evesham and your site proved extremely helpful leading me to the Riverside Hotel which was Haven Court in 1939
This was such a delight to read about the Land Girls at Wickhamford Manor...and to see a picture of my my mum Irene Seymour...in Joan Galloways album was such a surprise:)
I am so pleased that you have discovered the Badsey Society website and enjoyed the article on the Land Army Girls, including your mother, who were billeted in Wickhamford Manor in WW2.
It was an absolute pleasure for Tom and I to visit Joan Broscomb (nee Galloway) and see her wonderful collection of photos and for her to allow us include them on the website.
I wonder if by any chance you might have any photos or memorabilia relating to your mother's time at Wickhamford. If so we would love to see them and include them in the website.
Your help would be much appreciated.
Regards
Valerie Harman
Hello Jo,
If you contact me via the Badsey Society email address ,then we can arrange how to make contact to look at your photos and get copies to us to put on the web-site.
Further to my recent query, I have downloaded a copy of Anthony Jarrett's Will (1635) from the National Archives and he did indeed have property in Chipping Campden and Broad Campden as well as Evesham and Bengeworth. His children were Augustine and William, Elizabeth and Rebecca and he had grandchildren. Augustine and William Marten - Rebecca's children. If you are able to add anything else I would be grateful, particularly if you have any information about Anthony Jarrett's brother Augustine.
As part of Chipping Campden History Society's Campden House project, I am researching the life of Sir Baptist Hicks (1551-1629) and there were a number of law suits between him and members of the Jarrett family about his acquisition of the Manor of Campden. I am wondering if there is any link between the Badsey/Aldington Jarretts and the Campden Jarretts? My Jarretts were Augustine, Anthony and Richard and their father was possibly Christopher. I don't have much information about them - Augustine was a malster and Anthony and Richard were dyers, but also landholders. Anthony is sometimes described as 'gentleman'. I have no dates of birth, marriage or death, although there is a will for Richard, probate granted 7th Feb 1633; his children were Clemens (d), Judith, Mary, Perkins, Margaret, Augustine, Richard and Elizabeth. Augustine is not a very common name, and neither is Jarrett, so I just thought there might be some connection. Can you help?
Thank you for your email. I am not aware of a connection between the Badsey Jarretts and Chipping Campden Jarretts, but that is not to say that there is not. Augustine Jarrett (1647-1685), whose memorial (along with his parents) is in Badsey Church, was the youngest son of William Jarrett (c1608-1681) and Jane Watson. If you go to the index of people, https://www.badseysociety.uk/index-people, on the Badsey Society website, you will see all the mentions of Jarretts. Summarised details of Augustine's will, https://www.badseysociety.uk/wills/56051, which will give you some idea of family relationships. I hope this helps.
I have only recently found this ancestor and have been very interested to see his home and advertisement. He was the step-son of John Poole. His mother was Joyce Poole nee Jelfs. Now about to search for a photo of The Royal Oak, Badsey where John Poole was innkeeper and where Alfred George Kerr grew up.
Thank you for making contact, Sue. We would be delighted to receive some photographs of the Butcher family, so that I can add them to the WW1 section 'Wickhamford Goes to War'. As Muriel was the only Wickhamford woman who I found who had served, it would be especially nice to have a picture of her.
What a great book - both Dad and I enjoyed it - Dad recognised most of the names. Didn't realise you were mentioning my Great Grandad, Auntie and Uncle as we could have provided pictures.
Dear Readers My names Lee Gibson Im a historian dose anyone have any old photos of Aldington siding? my Moore ancestors lived there.
Email classicmotorcycle124@gmail.com
What an amazing website - My grandfather was Samuel Grove who lived at ' Summerfields' - That was all I knew. To find a picture of the house and details of the address is remarkable. Are there any folk named Grove still living in Badsey?
We just wanted to say well done, for firstly writing the book and for a very interesting evening.
From a personal point of view I met Terry Sparrow again after 38 years - Terry was secretary for a very strong Badsey Rangers team that I played in as a 15/16 year old ! He was brilliant in everything he did then and nothing has changed.
Brian Smith’s contribution was particularly poignant for me, as my Grandfather Norris also talked very little about his time in WW1 - preferring to forget the horrors that he witnessed.
I remember visiting him in hospital just before he passed and I will never forget those final moments.
Grandad thought he was in a field hospital on the front, all he kept saying was how wonderful the nurses and doctors were looking after “our poor boys”
Sixty years after the conflict at the age of 86 and having rarely spoken of WW1, he sadly ended his days with it firmly in his mind and unwittingly recalling it.
What a fantastic and inspiring website! I have visited hundreds of websites while researching former pupils of Christ College (the school attended by three of the Sladden brothers) but I can't think of one that shows such meticulous detail, while also making local history so accessible and digital resources so easily available. The site and its attendant research is an extraordinary achievement. Congratulations to all concerned.
My family lived in Wickhamford in 1901 in the place that now has Whytebury and Oakenshaw cottages. They were the Farman family who moved to the Fleece Yard in Bridge Street, Evesham until the cottages were pulled down late twenties. They then moved to Laburnham Cottage in Orchard Walk, Evesham. In 1999 when my last relative there passed away I had to clear the cottage and found many amazing old items etc. Amongst them was a pencil and charcoal drawing of a cottage, dated 24th December 1908 signed by T or J Freeman. Years later, through your amazing site, I found exactly the same cottage amongst your photos! It was only then that I realised the significance of the drawing! I had it framed and it has hung in my house ever since. My question is, who was the artist? There's no one left to ask, but I'm so glad I kept the drawing at the time.
Thank you for your comments, Sue. I came across the photograph quite by accident when following up another line of research, but realised where the cottages were as Corner Cottage is in the background. I would like to add your drawing to the website if possible. If that is all right with you perhaps you could let me know and we can arrange matters.
Hello I am researching my family tree. I know several of the Plumb side are buried in Waterside.
I am aware of mu grandparent Albert and Annie Maud Plumb and their sones Harry And baby Albert but am wondering if if there is a list of people buried at Waterside that I can access online as I as quite a way from the HUB inn worcester.
My book on Waterside cemetery, covering all the burials, up until 2005, is in the Evesham Library. You have to ask for it as it is locked away, and for reference only. I can tell you that there are a total of 17 persons with the name Plumb buried in Waterside, 4 in Bengeworth and 2 in Hampton. There are 3 Checketts buried in Waterside and 2 in Hampton. I see that your grandparents are Albert & Annie Maude Plumb who have a monument in the cemetery as do your great grandparents Albert & Mary Ann. Some your gandfather's brothers are also in Waterside.
I have given my e-mail address should you require any help.
My grateful thanks for all the work done on this site.....I'm directly descended from the Hobys as my grandmother was Elise Philippa Salfeld Hoby. It is remarkable how much she resembled some of the faces on the tombs both here and at Bisham and indeed I have a Hoby Nose and hands. Grandmama was very interested indeed in family doing and history and she'd have been overjoyed to see how much people are prepared to make all this available to the public. What a pity she didn't live into the age of the internet.
Comments
Re: Family history research
Lovely to hear from you and thank you very much for your kind comments. I have put up an article about the Wright family on the website in the People section. This should help you when you come to Badsey in the autumn. Did you know that The Wheatsheaf, which your 3x-great-grandmother, Fanny Wright, owned in the 19th century, has rooms? So you would be able to stay in the very house where your family lived! Do you have any photos of Adolphus and Emma Wright and their children? If so, I would be happy to add to the article.
Regards, Maureen Spinks
Re: Family history research - Wrights!
Barbara, how lovely to find your note! I am a 2nd cousin by way of Frederick William! I was actually researching your branch of the family and looking for more details regarding your mom. :-) I try to build my tree down, as well as up, in order to facilitate placing cousins when they pop up!
So now you know, you have a 2nd cousins, 1x removed in North Carolina! All the best!
Re: Family history research - Wrights!
So nice to receive your note, Angela!
I would love to know more about how we are related via Frederick William Wright.
My mother, Jayne (née Dorothy Jane) Wright Kienzle (1919-1997) was the daughter of John Frederick Wright (1894-1982), the 3rd of his 6 children. Fred was her grandfather.
As you’ve no doubt seen on the Badsey website, John was the older of 2 sons born to Fred & his first wife, Grace Eggleston Wright. I understand his 2nd wife was named Hattie, but I don’t know more than that.
I have quite a bit of information re:my branch of the family that I would be happy to share. And, I’m thrilled to know of a 2nd cousin I didn’t know I had!
I have 12 living first cousins, & I have been pulling together some family history for them, based on research done by one cousin’s wife & another’s son. I am just beginning my own research really.
I went to Badsey & drove around bits of Warwickshire last Sept. to see where my ancestors came from. I had learned quite a bit from the website, but after I got in touch with Maureen from The Badsey Society & asked, “Why Auburn, Ohio?” the information increased significantly. I am so grateful for the work they have done!!!
It really is exciting to hear from you, & I would love to exchange information — & to know more about my cousins in NC.
I live in Ohio, but my family is scattered all over the US. In fact, I have one first cousin-once-removed who lives in Charlotte.
Thank you for your post!
Re: Family history research - Wrights!
Barbara, Fred was my great great grandfather. His son, Harold Emory, was my great-grandfather. I won't go in to all the details (and haven't honestly pieced them all together), but my grandmother was one of his daughters from a first marriage. In fact, apparently the 'other' family had been told she was actually a mistress, but let's face it, divorce in the early 20th century would have been a HUGE scandal. At this time all I have is that both girls used the name Wright, identified him as their father (which DNA confirms), and he was definitely living with my great-grandmother in her parents' home in 1920 and was identified as her husband. Isn't family history grand! LOL
It's one of many mysteries I've been working on, and one reason I was thrilled to locate you, as I'd love to know of any 'stories' that may have been told.
I'd love to connect directly, but don't really want to publicly post my email. Perhaps you could find me either on Facebook (I live in Pittsboro, NC and go by my full name - Angela Darrow Flynn. Or if you don't do Facebook, you can contact me via work - I'm the Director of Liturgy and Music at www.icdurham.org.
Delighted with family connections!
Angela
Re: Family history research - Wrights!
Hello again
You are Uncle Em’s great-granddaughter!
What a nice surprise! He was such a gentleman. Everyone in the family really liked him & loved seeing him.
I will share a little more later.
I am not on FB, & so I sent an email to your church/work address: office@icdurham.org (Subject: Message for Angela Flynn from Barbara Kienzle)
I hope that was right.
Looking fwd to hearing from you!
searching for Huguenot ancestors in Worcestershire
I am trying to find Huguenot ancestors who lived in Worcestershire sometime before and around 1750 with the name Minett (or similar spelling). Our ancestor Thomas Minett moved to Oswestry where he got married in 1782. He was a malster and innkeeper (Sun Inn in Oswestry). I have found several Minetts in the Evesham area that are likely relatives and would welcome any information I can get to find the right ancestors. with thanks in advance
Re: searching for Huguenot ancestors in Worcestershire
If you look at the People Index on our website, you will see that there were five people with the name of MINET living in Badsey from at least 1778-1800. Where they came from and where they went to after James Minet’s death in 1800 (or this family line may simply have died out) is not known. I see from Ancestry that there was a James Minet, son of Thomas and Mary Minet, baptised in 1734 in London, and a James Minet, son of Jonathan Minet, baptised in 1734 in Stratford-on-Avon. James’ age at time of death was given as 67, so those two people are possible lines of enquiry.
Re: searching for Huguenot ancestors in Worcestershire
Thanks for this information. I have been looking into these Minets but not been able to find a link to the Thomas Minett who moved on to live in Oswestry. So I was hoping that someone would be able to provide more information in the hope that I could link any of them to our family tree.
Re: searching for Huguenot ancestors in Worcestershire
Gunnel,
If you click on Churchyard Inscriptions, then Church Survey Books by Peter Stewart, then Bengeworth, Evesham. In that book you will a number of Minett burials in both the old Parish Church of Bengeworth, and a number of Minett burials in the index to burials in Bengeworth Cemetery, Evesham, which I have added to the rear of the book. As for the rest of Evesham, there is only one Minett burial in All Saints Churchyard, and that was James Minett who buried there in 1850. There is also a single burial in Waterside Cemetery, Evesham, a William Minett who was buried there in 1982.
Phillips Family and Riverside Hotel
Just been trying to trace a family connection with the Phillips Family and Evesham and your site proved extremely helpful leading me to the Riverside Hotel which was Haven Court in 1939
Re: Phillips Family and Riverside Hotel
Glad to hear that our website has been useful. Are you a descendant of the Phillips family?
Land girls
This was such a delight to read about the Land Girls at Wickhamford Manor...and to see a picture of my my mum Irene Seymour...in Joan Galloways album was such a surprise:)
Re: Land girls
I am so pleased that you have discovered the Badsey Society website and enjoyed the article on the Land Army Girls, including your mother, who were billeted in Wickhamford Manor in WW2.
It was an absolute pleasure for Tom and I to visit Joan Broscomb (nee Galloway) and see her wonderful collection of photos and for her to allow us include them on the website.
I wonder if by any chance you might have any photos or memorabilia relating to your mother's time at Wickhamford. If so we would love to see them and include them in the website.
Your help would be much appreciated.
Regards
Valerie Harman
Re: Land girls
I am fairly sure I have a few photos from my mum's collection...how will I get them to you?
Re: Land girls
I am fairly sure I have a few photos from my mum's collection...how will I get them to you?
Re: Land girls
Hello Jo,
If you contact me via the Badsey Society email address ,then we can arrange how to make contact to look at your photos and get copies to us to put on the web-site.
wickhamford@badsey.net
Tom Locke
The Jarrett Family
Further to my recent query, I have downloaded a copy of Anthony Jarrett's Will (1635) from the National Archives and he did indeed have property in Chipping Campden and Broad Campden as well as Evesham and Bengeworth. His children were Augustine and William, Elizabeth and Rebecca and he had grandchildren. Augustine and William Marten - Rebecca's children. If you are able to add anything else I would be grateful, particularly if you have any information about Anthony Jarrett's brother Augustine.
The Jarret/Jarrett family
As part of Chipping Campden History Society's Campden House project, I am researching the life of Sir Baptist Hicks (1551-1629) and there were a number of law suits between him and members of the Jarrett family about his acquisition of the Manor of Campden. I am wondering if there is any link between the Badsey/Aldington Jarretts and the Campden Jarretts? My Jarretts were Augustine, Anthony and Richard and their father was possibly Christopher. I don't have much information about them - Augustine was a malster and Anthony and Richard were dyers, but also landholders. Anthony is sometimes described as 'gentleman'. I have no dates of birth, marriage or death, although there is a will for Richard, probate granted 7th Feb 1633; his children were Clemens (d), Judith, Mary, Perkins, Margaret, Augustine, Richard and Elizabeth. Augustine is not a very common name, and neither is Jarrett, so I just thought there might be some connection. Can you help?
Re: The Jarret/Jarrett family
Thank you for your email. I am not aware of a connection between the Badsey Jarretts and Chipping Campden Jarretts, but that is not to say that there is not. Augustine Jarrett (1647-1685), whose memorial (along with his parents) is in Badsey Church, was the youngest son of William Jarrett (c1608-1681) and Jane Watson. If you go to the index of people, https://www.badseysociety.uk/index-people, on the Badsey Society website, you will see all the mentions of Jarretts. Summarised details of Augustine's will, https://www.badseysociety.uk/wills/56051, which will give you some idea of family relationships. I hope this helps.
A. G. Kerr butcher
I have only recently found this ancestor and have been very interested to see his home and advertisement. He was the step-son of John Poole. His mother was Joyce Poole nee Jelfs. Now about to search for a photo of The Royal Oak, Badsey where John Poole was innkeeper and where Alfred George Kerr grew up.
Badsey WWI
They were Emanuel, Muriel and Will Butcher
Re: Badsey WWI
Thank you for making contact, Sue. We would be delighted to receive some photographs of the Butcher family, so that I can add them to the WW1 section 'Wickhamford Goes to War'. As Muriel was the only Wickhamford woman who I found who had served, it would be especially nice to have a picture of her.
Recent Badsey Book
What a great book - both Dad and I enjoyed it - Dad recognised most of the names. Didn't realise you were mentioning my Great Grandad, Auntie and Uncle as we could have provided pictures.
Re: Recent Badsey Book
Glad you enjoyed the book. We would be interested to know the names of your Great-Grandad, Aunt and Uncle.
Aldington Siding
Dear Readers My names Lee Gibson Im a historian dose anyone have any old photos of Aldington siding? my Moore ancestors lived there.
Email classicmotorcycle124@gmail.com
5 stars
https://www.badseysociety.uk/search/node?keys=drysdale&page=0 Very well documented and presentation was top notch ! 5 stars
Re: 5 stars
Glad you enjoyed the articles about the Drysdales. Are you descended from the family?
Ancestry
What an amazing website - My grandfather was Samuel Grove who lived at ' Summerfields' - That was all I knew. To find a picture of the house and details of the address is remarkable. Are there any folk named Grove still living in Badsey?
Book Launch- Peac, War and Remembrance
Maureen
We just wanted to say well done, for firstly writing the book and for a very interesting evening.
From a personal point of view I met Terry Sparrow again after 38 years - Terry was secretary for a very strong Badsey Rangers team that I played in as a 15/16 year old ! He was brilliant in everything he did then and nothing has changed.
Brian Smith’s contribution was particularly poignant for me, as my Grandfather Norris also talked very little about his time in WW1 - preferring to forget the horrors that he witnessed.
I remember visiting him in hospital just before he passed and I will never forget those final moments.
Grandad thought he was in a field hospital on the front, all he kept saying was how wonderful the nurses and doctors were looking after “our poor boys”
Sixty years after the conflict at the age of 86 and having rarely spoken of WW1, he sadly ended his days with it firmly in his mind and unwittingly recalling it.
Great work Maureen
John,Claire and Ellyn Haines
Have a great day at Westminster
Sladden letters
What a fantastic and inspiring website! I have visited hundreds of websites while researching former pupils of Christ College (the school attended by three of the Sladden brothers) but I can't think of one that shows such meticulous detail, while also making local history so accessible and digital resources so easily available. The site and its attendant research is an extraordinary achievement. Congratulations to all concerned.
Wickhamford old cottages now demolished.
My family lived in Wickhamford in 1901 in the place that now has Whytebury and Oakenshaw cottages. They were the Farman family who moved to the Fleece Yard in Bridge Street, Evesham until the cottages were pulled down late twenties. They then moved to Laburnham Cottage in Orchard Walk, Evesham. In 1999 when my last relative there passed away I had to clear the cottage and found many amazing old items etc. Amongst them was a pencil and charcoal drawing of a cottage, dated 24th December 1908 signed by T or J Freeman. Years later, through your amazing site, I found exactly the same cottage amongst your photos! It was only then that I realised the significance of the drawing! I had it framed and it has hung in my house ever since. My question is, who was the artist? There's no one left to ask, but I'm so glad I kept the drawing at the time.
Re: Wickhamford old cottages now demolished.
Thank you for your comments, Sue. I came across the photograph quite by accident when following up another line of research, but realised where the cottages were as Corner Cottage is in the background. I would like to add your drawing to the website if possible. If that is all right with you perhaps you could let me know and we can arrange matters.
WWI Roll of Honour
Could you please tell me where the Roll of Honour is now situated it was at Badsey School and then at the British Legion. Thank you6
Re: WWI Roll of Honour
There is one war memorial in St James' Church, Badsey - see http://www.badseysociety.uk/world-war-one/war-memorial-badsey-church-an…. There is also a war memorial for former Badsey Council School boys who died which is still in the school hall at Badsey First School - see http://www.badseysociety.uk/war-memorial-badsey-school-and-biographies-…. I am not aware of there having been a war memorial in the British Legion - I think the school memorial has always been held at the school.
Roll of Honour
Could you please tell me where the Roll of Honour for WWI is - for a time it was at Badsey School and then the British Legion Club. Thank you.
Re: Roll of Honour
There is one war memorial in St James' Church, Badsey - see http://www.badseysociety.uk/world-war-one/war-memorial-badsey-church-and... for information. There is also a war memorial for former Badsey Council School boys who died which is still in the school hall at Badsey First School - see http://www.badseysociety.uk/war-memorial-badsey-school-and-biographies-t.... I am not aware of there having been a war memorial in the British Legion - I think the school memorial has always been held at the school.
Archbishop Edwin Sandes
Edwin Sandes is my 12 great-grandfather. I am descended through his daughter Dame Anne Sandys.
Plumb And Checketts in evesham
Hello I am researching my family tree. I know several of the Plumb side are buried in Waterside.
I am aware of mu grandparent Albert and Annie Maud Plumb and their sones Harry And baby Albert but am wondering if if there is a list of people buried at Waterside that I can access online as I as quite a way from the HUB inn worcester.
I will be grateful for any help you could give.
Many Thanks
Re: Plumb and Checketts in evesham
Julie,
My book on Waterside cemetery, covering all the burials, up until 2005, is in the Evesham Library. You have to ask for it as it is locked away, and for reference only. I can tell you that there are a total of 17 persons with the name Plumb buried in Waterside, 4 in Bengeworth and 2 in Hampton. There are 3 Checketts buried in Waterside and 2 in Hampton. I see that your grandparents are Albert & Annie Maude Plumb who have a monument in the cemetery as do your great grandparents Albert & Mary Ann. Some your gandfather's brothers are also in Waterside.
I have given my e-mail address should you require any help.
Peter Stewart
the Hoby monuments
My grateful thanks for all the work done on this site.....I'm directly descended from the Hobys as my grandmother was Elise Philippa Salfeld Hoby. It is remarkable how much she resembled some of the faces on the tombs both here and at Bisham and indeed I have a Hoby Nose and hands. Grandmama was very interested indeed in family doing and history and she'd have been overjoyed to see how much people are prepared to make all this available to the public. What a pity she didn't live into the age of the internet.