Thank you for your wonderful site. I Googled the names of my grandparents, Charles William Plant and Annie Wasley and the page about their wedding came up. I never knew the name of my grandfather's brother, nor that he had moved from Devon to your area with him, nor that he had had a family. I am sorry to have discovered this too late to meet his son Arthur. I knew some of their back story, but a lot of details about their parents in London were new to me.
Many thanks for your interesting website. I am a direct descendant of William Seward through his only daughter Grace who married Josiah Robarts on 11 June 1751 in Badsey.
If you have any other information on the Seward family I would be most grateful.
While reading "Local weather events in 1784-1799" by Tom Locke on your website I noticed a mistake. John Wesley would have been preaching on the 20th March 1784 when he mentioned the intense cold, and not the day before. I looked at John Wesley's journal to compare. I can see why the mistake was made, as he preached 5 in the evening and then 5 in the morning the next day (20th) at Broadmarston, and then back to Bengeworth.
I have found out I’m related to Clarice Butcher, daughter of Emanuel and Louisa Butcher. I’m trying to put together my family tree if anyone can help please contact me
I have looked on Ancestry, the family history website, and there are 16 family trees that contain information on Clarice Butcher and 52 trees containing information on Clarice's father, Emmanuel Pike Butcher.
Through DNA I have found out I am related to Clarice Butcher. Who lived in Evesham and school at Badsey school 1921 to 1929. I have seen a photo of her at Sunday school on your site.
I am pleased you have found a photo of your DNA match, Clarice Butcher on the Badsey Society website. If you look under Index of People you will find there are over 30 references to the Butcher family who lived in Wickhamford. Click on any of them and you will find information and more photos. Two of the family, Muriel and William served in WW1. The family came to Wickhamford in early 1918 and were living in Corner Cottage and Emmanuel, the head of the family, was employed by Mr George Lee-Milne of Wickhamford Manor.
I hope you enjoy exploring the website and finding out more about your family.
Valerie
This is for Jean Matson. I am the granddaughter of Ernest Evans who was brother to Beatrice and Tom.
I remember going to visit ‘Auntie Beat’ in Badsey,and Dan and Rene in Weston Subedge. My mother was very close to their daughter Bridget who emigrated to Australia.
Hi Patricia
I am so glad to get a contact. I have been trying to get a contact with a relation of Ernest Evans. He was the only sibling of my grandma that I could not trace.
I was looking through a magazine for Movie Maker clubs and discovered an article by the Sutton Coldfield Movie Makers. It said that they were restoring old film and one was a 40 minute film of the 57 Jubilee Jamboree.
I grew up in 'Mock Morris' (the last house on the left before the Bridge Inn at Offenham on Boat Lane) in the early seventies. As a boy, I was fascinated with the stories of a bridge once crossing the Avon at the bottom the road, and still am. David Ella's excellent work has revealed the importance of the crossing at Offenham, which clearly has an ancient provenance. I remember the dredging that took place in the 70's, when David mentions the bridge footings were revealed. A side scan sonar of the riverbed in that area would show the remains of the footings and the exact location and orientation of the bridge. J. Doharty's 1739 map, posted by David Ella on the Offenham Facebook page, clearly shows a bridge of considerable size. Undoubtably, there will still be a footprint under the Avon, probably running linear from the bottom of Boat Lane to the opposite bank. This would be a fascinating project to pursue from an archaeological perspective.
Miss Lillian Cox was my Headmistress from 1958 until 1963 when she retired to Storrington. I am interested in tracing her background and I am aware that there are families of Cox’s in the Badsey area of Sussex. I found an Alice Lilian Annie Cox but she has been described in the archives as having lived at Pitchers Hill all her life whereas the Lillian I am searching for left to be a Missionary in China and then founded a school in Yorkshire before she retired to Storrington. I am wondering if anyone might know of any connection her name might have to other Cox’s in the Badsey area. I am assuming this would be her reason for retiring back there.
Thank you for your email. I have had a look to see where Storrington is and see that it is nowhere near Badsey. Storrington is in West Sussex, whereas Badsey is in Worcestershire (we are the only Badsey in the country). The Alice Lilian Annie Cox you mention lived all her life in Wickhamford (the neighbouring village to Badsey), so I am afraid the Lillian Cox you are interested in has no connection with this area.
My Mum taught in the school during this year, and had many fond memories of her short time here. She cycled to work from Evesham , much later to the consternation of the headmaster as she was pregnant, and he worried she'd over balance, Happily she didn't and here I am. My parents moved to North Yorkshire at the end of the academic year. Mum talked about the school bell in a tower and how the smell of a cheese pie made her nauseous. Her name was Mrs Walker.
In recent years I have been working on my family tree, something my late father started way before the advent of the internet. I have had for many years a photograph of a drawing/etching of a Georgian House once in the family which my father said he was never able to find and he thought that it had probably been demolished.
Subsequent research revealed this not to be the case: the property still exists off Badesey Road and is Prospect House, as it was named in a copy of an advertisement of sale written out by my grandmother in 1918. . Finding photographs of its renovation online me to compare it with the original building.
The property was built by George Day, my grandmother's great-grandfather in the early 1800s and he appears on the Mayoral Boards in Evesham Town Hall in 1803, 1815 1nd 1826.
Assuming that this information is of interest to you I will be happy to give you copies of what information I have about George Day and his life.
Sadly, I am not in a position to buy the property which seems to be advertised for sale currently at well over £1000,000.!!! Far too large for a retired couple and two cats!
I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks for your email, Jenni. I have written to you directly so that you have an email address to which you can send information about George Day.
Many thanks for your email, Ian. The building in question is now the Spar in Badsey High Street. The following link - https://www.badseysociety.uk/image/9858?gallery=51084 - shows you what the building looked like at the time of photo surveys of the village in 1968, 2008 and 2021.
Is it possible that there is any information about evacuees from Birmingham during WW11? Photos etc? My dad was evacuated to Badsey from Birmingham and he had many happy memories of his time there, especially at school. He stayed near a bakers shop. I remember him saying he could smell bread baking in the morning.
Any info appreciated.
P. Clark
If you send your father’s name, we may be able to give you further information about when he entered the school and when he left and exactly where he stayed.
My 11th Great grandfather is Sir Thomas Hoby, to get to me, you go all the way through to George Hoby, the boot maker, One of his sons came to NZ in 1860s. So a majority of my family still carry the last name. I’m hoping to visit both the church and monemunt in the near future.
I have just seen my grandfathers name on your site. You have some incorrect information attached to him. He was actually born in Sidbury, Worcester, and not Ledbury.
Back in the 60s I played keyboards in a rock band called ‘Ebenezer Baylis’ (twas fashionable back then to name bands after historical characters, such as ‘Jethro Tull’). Whilst idly searching on Google today I came across this https://www.badseysociety.uk/people/bayliss/ebenezer Curiously, my partner’s son, David Webster is a current Badsey resident and his mother was born in Shelton Mallet, as was your Ebenezer’s mother I think. Just one of life’s coincidences I guess.
Hello,
I am posting from the Hive in Worcester; as you know there is an ancestry hub here - I found a page on your site after looking up George Augustus Sandys Hill who was married to 2 sisters . These 2 sisters were the daughters of Edward Austen Knight(1768-1822) and Elizabeth Bridges...Edward had a literary sister.
Thank you for your email. Just to point out that, although Knight was the commonest surname in Badsey for three centuries, Cassandra and Louisa Knight, who each married Lord George Hill, were not connected to the Badsey Knights at all. They were the daughters of Edward Austen Knight who was the eldest brother of Jane Austen.
Comments
Arthur Plant
Thank you for your wonderful site. I Googled the names of my grandparents, Charles William Plant and Annie Wasley and the page about their wedding came up. I never knew the name of my grandfather's brother, nor that he had moved from Devon to your area with him, nor that he had had a family. I am sorry to have discovered this too late to meet his son Arthur. I knew some of their back story, but a lot of details about their parents in London were new to me.
Stephen Crisp
Hello
I am the grandson of Stephen Crisp and Florence Yates. I saw the archive piece about their wedding in Badsey in 1939. Was lovely to read it.
Re: Stephen Crisp
So glad that you have been able to see a photo of your grandparents' wedding.
William Seward
Many thanks for your interesting website. I am a direct descendant of William Seward through his only daughter Grace who married Josiah Robarts on 11 June 1751 in Badsey.
If you have any other information on the Seward family I would be most grateful.
Thank you
Re: William Seward
Glad to hear that you have found our website of interest. If you haven't already seen the articles, the following may be of interest: Letters from John Seward and his family 1735-1736 and the Seward Family in Lichfield.
agradecimientos
Excelente pagina, de mucha información, muchas gracias.
"Local weather events in 1784-1799" by Tom Locke
While reading "Local weather events in 1784-1799" by Tom Locke on your website I noticed a mistake. John Wesley would have been preaching on the 20th March 1784 when he mentioned the intense cold, and not the day before. I looked at John Wesley's journal to compare. I can see why the mistake was made, as he preached 5 in the evening and then 5 in the morning the next day (20th) at Broadmarston, and then back to Bengeworth.
Re: "Local weather events in 1784-1799" by Tom Locke
Thanks Graham. Now amended.
Tom
Butcher family
I have found out I’m related to Clarice Butcher, daughter of Emanuel and Louisa Butcher. I’m trying to put together my family tree if anyone can help please contact me
Re: Butcher family
I have looked on Ancestry, the family history website, and there are 16 family trees that contain information on Clarice Butcher and 52 trees containing information on Clarice's father, Emmanuel Pike Butcher.
Clarice Butcher and family
Through DNA I have found out I am related to Clarice Butcher. Who lived in Evesham and school at Badsey school 1921 to 1929. I have seen a photo of her at Sunday school on your site.
Re: Clarice Butcher and family
I am pleased you have found a photo of your DNA match, Clarice Butcher on the Badsey Society website. If you look under Index of People you will find there are over 30 references to the Butcher family who lived in Wickhamford. Click on any of them and you will find information and more photos. Two of the family, Muriel and William served in WW1. The family came to Wickhamford in early 1918 and were living in Corner Cottage and Emmanuel, the head of the family, was employed by Mr George Lee-Milne of Wickhamford Manor.
I hope you enjoy exploring the website and finding out more about your family.
Valerie
Beatrice Sears
This is for Jean Matson. I am the granddaughter of Ernest Evans who was brother to Beatrice and Tom.
I remember going to visit ‘Auntie Beat’ in Badsey,and Dan and Rene in Weston Subedge. My mother was very close to their daughter Bridget who emigrated to Australia.
Re: Beatrice Sears
Hi Patricia
I am so glad to get a contact. I have been trying to get a contact with a relation of Ernest Evans. He was the only sibling of my grandma that I could not trace.
Badsey Scouts
Does anyone know if the Badsey Scouts went to the Jubilee Jamboree at Sutton Coldfield in 1957.
Re: Badsey Scouts
I was looking through a magazine for Movie Maker clubs and discovered an article by the Sutton Coldfield Movie Makers. It said that they were restoring old film and one was a 40 minute film of the 57 Jubilee Jamboree.
Offenham history and bridge
I grew up in 'Mock Morris' (the last house on the left before the Bridge Inn at Offenham on Boat Lane) in the early seventies. As a boy, I was fascinated with the stories of a bridge once crossing the Avon at the bottom the road, and still am. David Ella's excellent work has revealed the importance of the crossing at Offenham, which clearly has an ancient provenance. I remember the dredging that took place in the 70's, when David mentions the bridge footings were revealed. A side scan sonar of the riverbed in that area would show the remains of the footings and the exact location and orientation of the bridge. J. Doharty's 1739 map, posted by David Ella on the Offenham Facebook page, clearly shows a bridge of considerable size. Undoubtably, there will still be a footprint under the Avon, probably running linear from the bottom of Boat Lane to the opposite bank. This would be a fascinating project to pursue from an archaeological perspective.
Miss Lillian Cox
Miss Lillian Cox was my Headmistress from 1958 until 1963 when she retired to Storrington. I am interested in tracing her background and I am aware that there are families of Cox’s in the Badsey area of Sussex. I found an Alice Lilian Annie Cox but she has been described in the archives as having lived at Pitchers Hill all her life whereas the Lillian I am searching for left to be a Missionary in China and then founded a school in Yorkshire before she retired to Storrington. I am wondering if anyone might know of any connection her name might have to other Cox’s in the Badsey area. I am assuming this would be her reason for retiring back there.
Re: Miss Lillian Cox
Thank you for your email. I have had a look to see where Storrington is and see that it is nowhere near Badsey. Storrington is in West Sussex, whereas Badsey is in Worcestershire (we are the only Badsey in the country). The Alice Lilian Annie Cox you mention lived all her life in Wickhamford (the neighbouring village to Badsey), so I am afraid the Lillian Cox you are interested in has no connection with this area.
The school 1951-1952
My Mum taught in the school during this year, and had many fond memories of her short time here. She cycled to work from Evesham , much later to the consternation of the headmaster as she was pregnant, and he worried she'd over balance, Happily she didn't and here I am. My parents moved to North Yorkshire at the end of the academic year. Mum talked about the school bell in a tower and how the smell of a cheese pie made her nauseous. Her name was Mrs Walker.
Re: The school 1951-1952
Thanks for sharing this information about your mother.
Victoria Cottage, Blackminster
Arthur and Lily Charlwood were my Grandparents. What a joy to explore your website with all the history and my memories. Thank you
Linda nee Charlwood
Re: Victoria Cottage, Blackminster
Glad you have enjoyed looking at our website.
Prospect House
In recent years I have been working on my family tree, something my late father started way before the advent of the internet. I have had for many years a photograph of a drawing/etching of a Georgian House once in the family which my father said he was never able to find and he thought that it had probably been demolished.
Subsequent research revealed this not to be the case: the property still exists off Badesey Road and is Prospect House, as it was named in a copy of an advertisement of sale written out by my grandmother in 1918. . Finding photographs of its renovation online me to compare it with the original building.
The property was built by George Day, my grandmother's great-grandfather in the early 1800s and he appears on the Mayoral Boards in Evesham Town Hall in 1803, 1815 1nd 1826.
Assuming that this information is of interest to you I will be happy to give you copies of what information I have about George Day and his life.
Sadly, I am not in a position to buy the property which seems to be advertised for sale currently at well over £1000,000.!!! Far too large for a retired couple and two cats!
I look forward to hearing from you.
Re: Prospect House
Many thanks for your email, Jenni. I have written to you directly so that you have an email address to which you can send information about George Day.
National Telephone Company - Badsey Telephone Exchange
I came across this picture in the BT archives from 1909 and wondered if anyone can identify where this building was (or even is)?
http://www.digitalarchives.bt.com/CalmView/GetImage.ashx?db=Catalog&typ…
(Catalogue entry: http://www.digitalarchives.bt.com/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Cat… )
I can't find any reference to the historic (or current) telephone exchanges in your village, but hopefully this picture sits quite nicely with the directory entries you've collated from the trade directories of the time?
Re: National Telephone Company - Badsey Telephone Exchange
Many thanks for your email, Ian. The building in question is now the Spar in Badsey High Street. The following link - https://www.badseysociety.uk/image/9858?gallery=51084 - shows you what the building looked like at the time of photo surveys of the village in 1968, 2008 and 2021.
Re: National Telephone Company - Badsey Telephone Exchange
Thankyou for the rapid response! Another piece in the puzzle of telephony in the Evesham area for me.
Evacuees
Is it possible that there is any information about evacuees from Birmingham during WW11? Photos etc? My dad was evacuated to Badsey from Birmingham and he had many happy memories of his time there, especially at school. He stayed near a bakers shop. I remember him saying he could smell bread baking in the morning.
Any info appreciated.
P. Clark
Re: Evacuees
Thank you for your email. Our publication, Heads and Tales: A History of Badsey Schools, has quite a large section in Chapter 6 about Badsey Council School during WWII.
If you send your father’s name, we may be able to give you further information about when he entered the school and when he left and exactly where he stayed.
My Familiy Church
My 11th Great grandfather is Sir Thomas Hoby, to get to me, you go all the way through to George Hoby, the boot maker, One of his sons came to NZ in 1860s. So a majority of my family still carry the last name. I’m hoping to visit both the church and monemunt in the near future.
Re: My Familiy Church
Thank you for your email. Let us know if you have a date for visiting and, if available, one of us would be happy to meet you and show you around.
Edward Oliver Mytton
I have just seen my grandfathers name on your site. You have some incorrect information attached to him. He was actually born in Sidbury, Worcester, and not Ledbury.
Re: Edward Oliver Mytton
Thank you for contacting us, Jayne. I have made the correction.
Tom
Ebenezer Baylis(s)
Back in the 60s I played keyboards in a rock band called ‘Ebenezer Baylis’ (twas fashionable back then to name bands after historical characters, such as ‘Jethro Tull’). Whilst idly searching on Google today I came across this https://www.badseysociety.uk/people/bayliss/ebenezer Curiously, my partner’s son, David Webster is a current Badsey resident and his mother was born in Shelton Mallet, as was your Ebenezer’s mother I think. Just one of life’s coincidences I guess.
Big dig
NO comment on the tooth as shown to Shirley in her garden 1.ivor.
Re: Big dig
Sounds like a subject we could have gotten our teeth into Ivor, but we may have bitten off more that we could chew!
Sandys Hill
Hello,
I am posting from the Hive in Worcester; as you know there is an ancestry hub here - I found a page on your site after looking up George Augustus Sandys Hill who was married to 2 sisters . These 2 sisters were the daughters of Edward Austen Knight(1768-1822) and Elizabeth Bridges...Edward had a literary sister.
Re: Sandys Hill
Thank you for your email. Just to point out that, although Knight was the commonest surname in Badsey for three centuries, Cassandra and Louisa Knight, who each married Lord George Hill, were not connected to the Badsey Knights at all. They were the daughters of Edward Austen Knight who was the eldest brother of Jane Austen.
Robert Septimus Gardiner
Sir Robert Septimus Gardiner is my great grandfather. His sister Caroline Florence Mourilyan. It is wonderful to hear family mentioned.