Visitors’ Book

This is for Jean Matson. I am the granddaughter of Ernest Evans who was brother to Beatrice and Tom.
I remember going to visit ‘Auntie Beat’ in Badsey,and Dan and Rene in Weston Subedge. My mother was very close to their daughter Bridget who emigrated to Australia.

Does anyone know if the Badsey Scouts went to the Jubilee Jamboree at Sutton Coldfield in 1957.

I grew up in 'Mock Morris' (the last house on the left before the Bridge Inn at Offenham on Boat Lane) in the early seventies. As a boy, I was fascinated with the stories of a bridge once crossing the Avon at the bottom the road, and still am. David Ella's excellent work has revealed the importance of the crossing at Offenham, which clearly has an ancient provenance. I remember the dredging that took place in the 70's, when David mentions the bridge footings were revealed. A side scan sonar of the riverbed in that area would show the remains of the footings and the exact location and orientation of the bridge. J. Doharty's 1739 map, posted by David Ella on the Offenham Facebook page, clearly shows a bridge of considerable size. Undoubtably, there will still be a footprint under the Avon, probably running linear from the bottom of Boat Lane to the opposite bank. This would be a fascinating project to pursue from an archaeological perspective.

Miss Lillian Cox was my Headmistress from 1958 until 1963 when she retired to Storrington. I am interested in tracing her background and I am aware that there are families of Cox’s in the Badsey area of Sussex. I found an Alice Lilian Annie Cox but she has been described in the archives as having lived at Pitchers Hill all her life whereas the Lillian I am searching for left to be a Missionary in China and then founded a school in Yorkshire before she retired to Storrington. I am wondering if anyone might know of any connection her name might have to other Cox’s in the Badsey area. I am assuming this would be her reason for retiring back there.

My Mum taught in the school during this year, and had many fond memories of her short time here. She cycled to work from Evesham , much later to the consternation of the headmaster as she was pregnant, and he worried she'd over balance, Happily she didn't and here I am. My parents moved to North Yorkshire at the end of the academic year. Mum talked about the school bell in a tower and how the smell of a cheese pie made her nauseous. Her name was Mrs Walker.

Arthur and Lily Charlwood were my Grandparents. What a joy to explore your website with all the history and my memories. Thank you
Linda nee Charlwood

In recent years I have been working on my family tree, something my late father started way before the advent of the internet. I have had for many years a photograph of a drawing/etching of a Georgian House once in the family which my father said he was never able to find and he thought that it had probably been demolished.
Subsequent research revealed this not to be the case: the property still exists off Badesey Road and is Prospect House, as it was named in a copy of an advertisement of sale written out by my grandmother in 1918. . Finding photographs of its renovation online me to compare it with the original building.
The property was built by George Day, my grandmother's great-grandfather in the early 1800s and he appears on the Mayoral Boards in Evesham Town Hall in 1803, 1815 1nd 1826.

Assuming that this information is of interest to you I will be happy to give you copies of what information I have about George Day and his life.

Sadly, I am not in a position to buy the property which seems to be advertised for sale currently at well over £1000,000.!!! Far too large for a retired couple and two cats!
I look forward to hearing from you.

I came across this picture in the BT archives from 1909 and wondered if anyone can identify where this building was (or even is)?
http://www.digitalarchives.bt.com/CalmView/GetImage.ashx?db=Catalog&typ…
(Catalogue entry: http://www.digitalarchives.bt.com/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Cat… )
I can't find any reference to the historic (or current) telephone exchanges in your village, but hopefully this picture sits quite nicely with the directory entries you've collated from the trade directories of the time?

Is it possible that there is any information about evacuees from Birmingham during WW11? Photos etc? My dad was evacuated to Badsey from Birmingham and he had many happy memories of his time there, especially at school. He stayed near a bakers shop. I remember him saying he could smell bread baking in the morning.
Any info appreciated.
P. Clark

My 11th Great grandfather is Sir Thomas Hoby, to get to me, you go all the way through to George Hoby, the boot maker, One of his sons came to NZ in 1860s. So a majority of my family still carry the last name. I’m hoping to visit both the church and monemunt in the near future.

I have just seen my grandfathers name on your site. You have some incorrect information attached to him. He was actually born in Sidbury, Worcester, and not Ledbury.

Back in the 60s I played keyboards in a rock band called ‘Ebenezer Baylis’ (twas fashionable back then to name bands after historical characters, such as ‘Jethro Tull’). Whilst idly searching on Google today I came across this https://www.badseysociety.uk/people/bayliss/ebenezer Curiously, my partner’s son, David Webster is a current Badsey resident and his mother was born in Shelton Mallet, as was your Ebenezer’s mother I think. Just one of life’s coincidences I guess.

NO comment on the tooth as shown to Shirley in her garden 1.ivor.

Hello,
I am posting from the Hive in Worcester; as you know there is an ancestry hub here - I found a page on your site after looking up George Augustus Sandys Hill who was married to 2 sisters . These 2 sisters were the daughters of Edward Austen Knight(1768-1822) and Elizabeth Bridges...Edward had a literary sister.

Sir Robert Septimus Gardiner is my great grandfather. His sister Caroline Florence Mourilyan. It is wonderful to hear family mentioned.

My relative, who was blind, ran a grocer's shop in Badsey. Your website is wonderful. It is so comprehensive and I only found it a day or two ago.

Hello
I see that there was a William Clarence Salter living in Badsey. My father's name was Clarence Salter so I think there may be a connection between these two. My grandparents lived in Badsey with their baby son Frederick who was my father's brother. They also lived in Bretfortan and one of the members of the family was a blind man who ran a shop.
Violet Salter

Violet Salter

Hello, I have just found by chance the Badsey Society. My grandparents Charles and Agnes Salter lived there along with their baby son Frederick, my uncle. I will be looking more closely. I have done my family history and know there were other Salters living there. My Uncle Reginald was also born in Badsey who was the second son of Charles and Agnes. They were market gardeners.

Hi Valerie, many thanks for all of the information that you have posted and I would be very interested in receiving the photos that you have of my dad & his brother. Sorry but I don't know how we can contact one another other than via the website.

I have long intended to visit this beautiful little church - on account of the painted royal coat of arms of Charles II/James II, the medieval wall painting in the chancel, and the outstanding Jacobean/Carolean Sandys tombs. I did so yesterday and it was all well worth the visit.

My mother, Angela Reed, was the niece (through marriage) of Eva Mary Reed nee Keen and is a little intrigued as she was never aware that Eva's stepmother/aunt, Eva Kate, (stay with me!) was even alive whilst she was growing up in the 50s and 60s, let alone living in Badsey... and she was very close to Eva Mary, which makes it even more surprising. I wonder if anyone could throw any light on this at all, it may just have been a generational attitude to visiting relatives maybe?

My mother's father was Ronald James Reed (Jim or Ron) who was married to Maisie and then, following Maisie's death, to Betty. Mum's uncle was Archie and her grandparents were William and Mary Reed who lived in Chapel Street. If anyone has any stories or general history, that would be much appreciated, thank you.

Hi, I have read the article that my father wrote concerning Badsey School &, unfortunately, it needs a small correction. He was not born in Badsey but in Walthamstow, London & moved to Badsey when he was a young infant.