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BANHAM, George Frederick (1888-1978) of Wickhamford Manor

George Frederick Banham was the only child of Cambridge Veterinary Surgeon, George Amos Banham and his wife, Elizabeth.  His family lived at 15 Downing Street, Cambridge were his father had a surgery and also a shoeing forge on the premises in 1891.  George junior had been born on 23rd August 1888 and followed his father into veterinary work.  He became a M.R.C.V.S. and for the 1911 census was in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, working for Veterinary Surgeon Frederick William Watchorn.

TAYLOR, Samuel (1798-1856) and NIND, John (c1829-1873) of Wickhamford Manor

Samuel Taylor had been born in Oakthorpe, Derbyshire. He had been baptised in Measham, Derbyshire on 5th January 1798 and was the son of Thomas (1759 - 1841) and Mary Taylor (ca 1759 - 1823) and his paternal grandmother was Sarah Taylor (ca 1735 - 1821). His parents and grandmother are buried in Wickhamford Churchyard, so must have migrated to Worcestershire at some point before 1821.

WHORWOOD, Field (c1592-1658) – Wickhamford Manor tenant

The following information is accredited by the Evesham historian, E.A.B. Barnard, to Sir Thomas Phillipps of Middle Hill, Broadway. Barnard says Phillipps was always very exact, but that the documents “are no longer available” (writing in 1935).  The Manor of Wickhamford was leased to Field Whorwood by Samuel Sandys, his wife Mary and mother Penelope, on 15th February 1637, for 40 years.

LEESON (mid 20th century) - The Leeson Family at Wickhamford Manor

From India to Wickhamford

On 17th July 1947 George Lees-Milne completed the sale of Wickhamford Manor plus six and a half acres of land for £10,400.   The purchasers were three siblings: married sisters, Cynthia Muriel Batty (1909-2006) and Joyce Dorothy Sandys-Lumsdaine (1910-2000) and their younger brother, Patrick George Leeson (1915-1997).  The trio were children of George William Leeson (1875-1951), who had been an engineer in India and his wife, Bertha (1882-1964).

Saturday 22 July 1944 – Arthur Jones donates Bronze Age axe to Cheltenham Museum

BRONZE AGE AXE

The prehistoric collections at the Cheltenham Museum have been enriched by the addition of a bronze socketed axe.  This axe was found near Chipping Campden some little time ago, and passed into the possession of Mr A E Jones of Badsey, Evesham.

It belongs to the late Bronze Age, which began at about BC 1000 and went on until the Early Iron Age which started at BC 500.

Lodge Park Drive

How did the road get its name?

Lodge Park Drive has a postal address of Evesham but is located in the parish of Aldington and the Badsey ward/electoral division.  The road is so-called because it is named after Aldington Lodge which was built on the land in 1858 and demolished in December 2018.