The Ridge, a house on Knowle Hill, is located within Wickhamford parish, but its access in on the Badsey to Evesham road, which is outside of the parish boundary. The 1939 Electoral Roll gives the occupants as John and Lilian Little, but by the time that the 1939 Register was drawn up, at the outbreak of the Second World War, they had moved to Watford.
LORD MARCUS HILL MP FOR EVESHAM 1837-1852 – 3RD BARON SANDYS AND OWNER OF THE WICKHAMFORD ESTATE FROM 1860 TO 1863
Robert Taylor (b. 1849) and his wife, Sarah Kate (née Wood), lived at The Elms, Manor Road, Wickhamford, at the time of the 1891 census. This property is now called ‘Elm Farm’. By 1901, they had moved to Whitechapel Farm in the parish of Childswickham, but only about 100 yds outside of the Wickhamford boundary, on the Broadway Road, just past the turn to Murcot. In 1911, they were back within Wickhamford parish at a cottage now called ‘Rosebank’, on Pitchers Hill.
Firemen had to be called to free four people from the wreckage of two cars in which two men died on the outskirts of Evesham yesterday.
The cars crashed head-on half a mile outside Evesham on the main road to Badsey. The dead men were later named as Peter John Cornish, aged 27, an unmarried builder’s labourer of Littleworth Street, Evesham, and Philip Hall, 26-year-old father of a girl of Bretforton Road, Badsey.
A most interesting exhibition was held in May at the Meeting House, Badsey, depicting past and present life in Badsey and Aldington. The exhibits consisted of old documents and village maps; an excellent display of Victorian dresses and nursery items; photographs of some village personalities, local views, old farm and garden implements, together with many other items of interest. The exhibition was open for two days and was organised by the St John Ambulance Brigade; it realised £12 for the Brigade’s Badsey Division.
Our record last month of the burial of father and son at the same time was probably unique in the annals of Wickhamford. If so, such melancholy distinction is soon forfeited as we have a similar event to chronicle this month. Mrs Cox, whose present bereavement is accentuated by the fact that she lost a son (one of the six she has given to the army) at Salonika only seven months ago, has been the recipient of many messages and acts of sympathy for which she desires to express her gratitude. There would seem to be little doubt that Mr Cox met his death by being knocked down
WILD ROSES AND PRAIRIE WOOL
Charles William Cox, the oldest of eleven children born to William and Alice Cox, and Sarah Bennett, the oldest of four daughters born to Walter and Ellen Bennett, spent their youth in the Vale of Evesham, Worcestershire, England. They were married in May 1903. Inez Rose, the first of their five daughters, was born in March 1904.
The following incidents are related by Inez Rose Sjøgren from the life of her parents.
