Welcome to the website of The Badsey Society where we invite you to enjoy photos, memories and historical research about the people and places that make up the village of Badsey, the hamlet of Aldington and the neighbouring parish of Wickhamford. To view, just browse and open the categories listed on the left, or enter text into the Search box.
Our new publication - "A History of Badsey Flower Show"
The Badsey Society's sixth book, "A History of Badsey Flower Show" was published on Saturday 29th July, the day of the 120th Flower Show. To order a copy, please go to our publications page, which gives details of mail order or where to purchase locally.
Recently Added Articles
We welcome well-researched articles relating to Badsey, Aldington or Wickhamford. Please send as a Word document to history@badsey.net; photos should be sent separately as JPEGs.
- Nov 2024: The Chamberlain family – a triple baptism at Wickhamford in 1918
- Nov 2024: How a stone jar led to telling the story of a retired grocer who lived in Badsey in the 1880s
- Ocr 2024: Barbara Jerram (1931-2024) – farmer’s wife/army wife/African adventuress
- Oct 2024: Peter Courten (1598-1624) – 1st and last Baron of Aldington
- Oct 2024: Photos from the Jelfs Family Album
- Oct 2024: Thomas Akers - a late 17th/early 18th century mystery man
- Oct 2024: Badsey & Aldington QR Trail
- Sep 2024: The Holly Bush Inn - an 18th century pub in Badsey
- Sep 2024: John Wykewone: An Abbot of Evesham from Wickhamford
- Sep 2024: William de Wickwane, Archbishop of York 1279-1285
- Aug 2024: Nos 2 & 4 Bretforton Road, Badsey, and the terrace that never was
- Aug 2024: Two more poems about village life by Brian Smith
- Aug 2024: Women’s Land Army at Manor Farm, Wickhamford in WWI
- Jul 2024: George Higgins Hardiman of Badsey and Wickhamford - events in his life
- Jul 2024: England 6, Switzerland 0 – an epic game of football with the help of a man from Wickhamford
- Jul 2024: Wickhamford Estate Tenant’s Daughters who both Married Vicars, c1600
- Jul 2024: Once this was a village – a poem by Brian Smith
- Jun 2024: Birmingham to Badsey via Wickhamford – Beryl Redgewell and the Women’s Land Army
- May 2024: Burial Ground Extension at St James’ Church, Badsey, 1950s-1960s
- May 2024: Bertram Jones, master ivory carver of Vine Cottage, Badsey
- Apr 2024: Houses in Manor Road, Wickhamford, appearing older than their true age
- Apr 2024: Badsey Pauper Burials, 1858-1919
- Mar 2024: Poem by Brian Smith about Badsey Women’s Institute
- Mar 2024: Roman Coins at Badsey Fields
- Mar 2024: George Day – the largest landowner in Aldington at the time of Enclosure
- Mar 2024: Annie Robbins’ Voluntary Aid Detachment work in WWI
- Feb 2024: Brian Smith wins the Tony Jerram Award
- Feb 2024: The 22nd AGM and Review of the Year 2023
- Feb 2024: Hatches, Matches and Dispatches relating to Badsey people
- Feb 2024: The Lord brothers’ one-ninth share of Manor Farm gave entitlement to vote in Wickhamford
- Feb 2024: Badsey Fire Brigade, 1899-1942
- Feb 2024: Linda Core – resident of Old Post Office Lane, Badsey, for almost 60 years
- Jan 2024: Ann Brooke – a significant headstone in Wickhamford churchyard from 1750
- Dec 2023: A Poem by Brian Smith – Boy Scouts and Old Soldiers
- Dec 2023: The End of an Era – goodbye to a familiar building in Badsey High Street
- Dec 2023: Methodism in Badsey from the mid 18th century
- Dec 2023: Methodist Worship in Wickhamford in the late 19th century
- Nov 2023: Badsey welcomes its first female Vicar
- Nov 2023: Penelope Washington of Wickhamford and her links to the first President of the USA
- Oct 2023: A school for Wickhamford? (Updated)
- Oct 2023: A Poem by Henry Sadler of Badsey
- Oct 2023: William Henry Knight's booklet, "War-time experiences of a Badsey family"
- Oct 2023: Demographic Changes in Wickhamford – 1921 and 2021