How did the road get its name?
Chestnut Close is so-called because of the two chestnut trees at either side of the entrance (at one time, there were eight chestnut trees). Arthur H Savory, a "gentleman farmer", who was tenant of Aldington Manor from 1873-1901, mentions the trees in his book "Grain and Chaff from an English Manor", which he wrote in 1920 having returned to his native Hampshire: "In recalling my earliest impressions of the village of Aldington, near Evesham, Worcestershire, the first picture that presents itself is of two chestnut-trees in full bloom in front of the Manor House which became my home, and their welcome was so gracious on that sunny May morning that it inclined me to take a hopeful view of the inspection of the house and land which was the object of my visit."
This photograph of Main Street, looking west, was taken about 1900. It shows the fence forming the boundary of Little Orchard, where Chestnut Close is now situated, and the line of chestnut trees.
When did housing development begin?
Chestnut Close comprises a development of twelve bungalows (four detached and eight semi-detached), built in the 1960s off Main Street, on the site of Little Orchard, which had been part of the estate owned by the Ashwin family.
Numbering system
The bungalows are numbered 1-12 with the numbering going in a clockwise direction round the cul-de-sac.
