1841 Bentley's Directory of Worcestershire, Badsey and Aldington, 1841

BADSEY is a village and parish, 2¼ miles east of Evesham, and on the right of the highway from Evesham to Campden; the extent of the parish is 1,802 acres, and it contains 463 inhabitants.  The village is well-built, and is the seat of many respectable families, who appear to render every facility for the improvement of the place; near its centre stands the church, a substantial stone edifice, with a square tower, containing six bells, whose chimes are melodious.  This church, no doubt, once belonged to the Abbey of Evesham, and is noted for being the burial place of Sir Philip Hobby, to whom Henry VIII granted the monastery of Evesham after the dissolution, and to whose memory a monument is erected on the north side of the interior.

The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford; the present incumbent is the Rev Charles Phillott, MA; the officiating curate is the Rev T G Griffiths; the number of seats are 250; service commences at half-past ten every alternate Sunday morning, and every alternate Sunday afternoon at half-past two; and William Ballard is clerk. A little south of the church stands a silk mill, which gives employment to about 70 of the villagers.

ALDINGTON is a hamlet, forming the north part of this parish, and contains a small, but very respectable village of the same name. The Manor House is well designed and pleasantly situated, and the country is very fertile; a fruitful stream passes through this parish, and turns several mills; the Imperial railway was intended to pass near Aldington.