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.
The Winter Olympics come to Badsey!
Come and listen to Nigel Huddleston, MP, give a light-hearted talk about life as an MP, Friday 6th March, 7.30 pm, Badsey Community Sports & Social Club.
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.
- Feb 2026: Summer 1916 – A lad from Bristol helps on the land at Aldington
- Feb 2026: "The Price of Divorce" - Badsey Manor House features in a 1928 silent movie
- Feb 2026: Tony Jerram Award Winner 2026 – Marlene Atkinson
- Feb 2026: Report on the Badsey Society AGM and Review of the Year 2025
- Jan 2026: Entertainment at Wickhamford Tythe Barn in 1872
- Jan 2026: Help save the historic church of St John the Baptist, Wickhamford
- Jan 2026: Development of Allsebrook Gardens and the construction of Badsey’s current vicarage
- Jan 2026: A Walk down The Green - a poem by Brian Smith
- Dec 2025: Manor Cottages in Wickhamford Lane – Occupants from 1911 to 1957
- Dec 2025: Leesa Sandys-Lumsdaine (1936-1985) – artist with a Wickhamford Connection
- Nov 2025: Charles Binyon's diaries - autobiographical notes updated
- Nov 2025: Yeomen in Wickhamford in the early 19th Century
- Oct 2025: A 1915 postcard throws more light on Belgian Refugees in Badsey during WWI
- Oct 2025: The creation of Littleton and Badsey Station
- Oct 2025: The last days of steam at Blackminster
- Oct 2025: Frank Banner (1881-1956) - Wickhamford Licensee and Market Gardener
- Sep 2025: The Stratton connection with Badsey Silk Mill
- Sep 2025: Badsey contributions to Protestant churches and families in Poland and Bohemia, 1658
- Sep 2025: Badsey and Wickhamford contributions to Foreign Missions, 1925
- Sep 2025: Hovels in the Vale of Evesham
- Sep 2025: George Lloyd – a hovel dweller of Sands Lane, Badsey
- Sep 2025: Aldington Craft Bazaar in Aid of Badsey Church Restoration, 1890
- Sep 2025: Theft of a Horse in Aldington in 1686
- Aug 2025: The Marshall Family of Badsey and their connection with The Wheatsheaf Inn
- Aug 2025: Sprout Picking Champion – a tall tale by Brian Smith
- Aug 2025: BBC Programme on the Vale of Evesham, 1940
- Aug 2025: The All England Sprout Picking Championship
- Aug 2025: Evesham’s Roman Ford - That Wasn’t
- Jul 2025: A House through Time - Harrington House, High Street, Badsey
- Jul 2025: Harrington House – The story of a late 20th-century make-over
- Jul 2025: Badsey Village Church – a poem by Terry Sparrow
- Jul 2025: Flax Growing in Badsey, Aldington and Wickhamford
- Jul 2025: The Restoration of St James' Church, Badsey, 1885
- Jul 2025: Wickhamford Memorial Hall Committee, 1951
- Jul 2025: The Wheatsheaf Inn Darts Team, 1940s-1950s
- Jul 2025: A poem by Brian Smith about Badsey Butcher's Shop and the Hartwells
- Jul 2025: Helen Hartwell –Teleprinter Operator at BBC Wood Norton
- Jul 2025: Bill Jones, known to all as 'Cunger' - the Badsey road man
- Jul 2025: Transcription of the Banns of Marriage Register for Badsey with Aldington, 1922-1961
- Jun 2025: Badsey Church in 1852
- Jun 2025: Wickhamford Church in 1852
- Jun 2025: Wickhamford Photos - Track Changes
- Jun 2025: Aaron Evans – an 1831 Militia defaulter originally from Wickhamford
- May 2025: "They shall grow not old" – Laurence Binyon and his connection with Badsey
- May 2025: VE Day - the 80th anniversary
- May 2025: A Jackdaw at Badsey School
- May 2025: The Arts & Crafts Movement in the Cotswolds
- Apr 2025: Listen to Terry Sparrow's talk, “Badsey 1934-2025 – The Changing Scene”
- Apr 2025: Brenda Mary Carter of Wickhamford
- Apr 2025: Some 20th-century Annual Reports of Badsey Parochial Church Council
- Apr 2025: The Sharp sisters in the Wickhamford Census of 1841
- Apr 2025: Freighting Produce from Littleton & Badsey Station and Aldington Siding in 1955
- Apr 2025: Fete in Hampton on 20th July 1861
- Mar 2025: Private Albert William Holland (1898-1918) – updated information
- Mar 2025: Who lived in Wickhamford in 1951? People who probably were in the 1951 census
- Mar 2025: The Old Chapel, Aldington
- Feb 2025: Will Dallimore (1949-2025) – tribute to a one-off Badsey character
- Feb 2025: Will and John Dallimore – winners of the 2025 Tony Jerram Award
- Feb 2025: Review of The Badsey Society Year 2024 and AGM
- Feb 2025: Badsey Cricket Club – winners of the Morganite Crucible Cricket League
- Feb 2025: Badsey Cricket Club – pavilion refurbishment 2010
- Jan 2025: Aldington Siding – sending goods to market
- Jan 2025: Badsey Cricket Club – pavilion opened in 1961
- Jan 2025: Baroness Sandys (1764-1836) – Wickhamford Manor owner who might have become Queen
- Jan 2025: Badsey Recreation Club - the new Clubhouse opened in 1973
- Jan 2025: Badsey Cricket Club – players' photos
- Jan 2025: "A Will to make us Smile", a poem by Brian Smith about Will Dallimore
- Jan 2025: Horsebridge Avenue of Yesteryear
- Jan 2025: King Charles I passed through Wickhamford in 1644
- Jan 2025: The history of No 18 High Street, formerly The Sumachs Bakery