Badsey Award Schedules (original document)
The Badsey Award Schedules are located in the library of Christ Church, Oxford. In 2005, digital images were made by HEDS (Higher Education Digitisation Services). Here is a transcription of the Schedules.
PARKER, William (1827-1883) and descendants – Owners of Badsey Silk Mill Cottages
On 12th October 1863 at auction, William Parker bought the former Silk Mill, situated at the end of Mill Lane, Badsey. He wasted no time in converting it to residential accommodation. Here is his story.
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LANGLEY, Thomas Bolland (1817-1868) – His double life: Reverend Gentleman or Silk Throwster?
Thomas Bolland Langley, silk throwster, lived in Badsey probably for only about a year, but he left behind him a string of problems which helped to sound the death knell of Badsey Silk Mill. His career as a silk throwster lasted only for the length of time that he lived in Badsey. Before that, he was a man of the cloth. So just who was the real Thomas Bolland Langley?
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Saturday 15 March 1947 – Snow drifts block roads in Badsey and Wickhamford
VILLAGERS DUG THEMSELVES OUT – Hold-up in delivery of Food Supplies
Miscellaneous items from Sladden & Collier Brewery
Brian Smith of Aldington has, for many years, collected items relating to old Evesham breweries. Here he describes ones connected with Sladden & Collier Brewery. In 1878, Julius Sladden took over the brewery belonging to Allard & Son in Evesham, and called it Sladden & Co.
GEE, Wingfield (1788-1850) and Sons – Silk Throwsters of Badsey
Some time around 1820, Wingfield Gee, a silk throwster, moved from his native Cheshire to Worcestershire. He and his sons were associated with the silk mill at Badsey from around 1830 to the late 1840s.
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Wingfield Gee (1788-1850)
Wingfield Gee was born at Astbury, Macclesfield, Cheshire, in 1788, the fourth of five children of Jesse Gee and his wife, Frances (née Harding). He was baptised on 7th September 1788.
THORP, John (1773-1834) and descendants – Owners of Badsey Silk Mill
In 1818, John Thorp, a silk manufacturer from Coventry, bought the old corn mill in Badsey and converted it into a silk mill. It remained in the Thorp family ownership for nearly half a century.
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Wednesday 3 January 1855 – Badsey Patriotic Fund Ball at the Mill
BADSEY BALL IN BEHALF OF THE PATRIOTIC FUND came off on Friday night last in the Silk Mill, a room of which was fitted up and decorated for the occasion. The good things were furnished by Messrs Stratton and Knight, and gave general satisfaction. Upwards of 100 persons attended, and dancing was kept up till an early hour. The music was gratuitously afforded by the Evesham band.
FORREST, William (1626-1700) – A 17th-century yeoman of Badsey
After a recent “Reading Old Documents” workshop, Kerry Moreton took on the challenge of transcribing a 17th-century will which we had downloaded from the National Archives. This was for a yeoman of Badsey by the name of William Forrest. The Badsey parish records have very few incidences of the name Forrest or Forest, so it was not a common name in the village.