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Saturday 24 September 1927 – Body found at Frances’ Grave

Excavations necessitated for the widening of a road and laying of a culvert at Frances’ Grave Corner in Badsey on Monday, revealed a human skeleton in the centre of the Badsey, Willersey and Wickhamford crossroads.  One of the men employed by Evesham Rural District Council found a bone when using his pick and sent for the antiquarian Mr A E Jones, who cut away the clay soil and found a skeleton almost complete.  The skeleton was found to be that of a woman and believed to be two to three hundred years old.

Saturday 5 January 1929 – Wedding of Maurice George Savory and Maggie Adeline March at Badsey

DISTRICT NEWS, BADSEY – SAVORY-MARCH WEDDING

At St James’ Church on Saturday, the wedding was solemnised by the Vicar (Rev W C Allsebrook, RD) of Miss Maggie Adeline, the only daughter of Mrs and the late Mr Charles March of The Neuk, Brewers Lane, and Mr Maurice George, only son of Mrs and Mr G T Savory of Sidi Bishr, Bretforton Road, Badsey.

Friday 2 August 1957 – Death of Alfred Cecil Sparrow, aged 81

OBITUARY – MR A C SPARROW

Badsey has lost one of the village’s most respected inhabitants.  Mr Alfred Cecil Sparrow, of No 4 South View Terrace, died suddenly on Saturday.  He was 81.

Born in the Isle of Man, he was the eldest son of the late Mr & Mrs Alfred Sparrow of Church Lench and Badsey.  He came with his parents to Badsey about 70 years ago and lived the rest of his life in the village.