This will take place immediately after the Christmas carols event organised by the Parish Council at The Wheatsheaf. Come into the church and warm yourself with tea/coffee and mince pies from 7.30 pm then settle down to listen to some Christmas music at 8 pm.
An appeal has been made to raise a considerable amount of money for repairs to the church roof and chancel ceiling of the Church of St John the Baptist, Wickhamford. Full details of the work that needs to be undertaken, and the costs involved, are given in the twelve-page leaflet shown below, which has been produced by the Parochial Church Council. It also gives information on how to donate and how to join the Friends of St Johns in their efforts to raise money for the necessary work.
Some interesting papers were discovered in the loft of the current vicarage containing letters and plans relating to its construction and the development which was built in place of the old manse. The letters are predominantly from Christ Church, Oxford, who owned the land and the Worcester Diocesan Dilapidations Board who dealt with the disposal of old vicarages that were in need of either renovation or demolition. The letters are addressed to Rev. Peter Braby who was the incumbent at the time.
The 24th Annual General Meeting of The Badsey Society, was held at Badsey Community Sports & Social Club. Maureen Spinks was re-elected as Chairman, Shirley Tutton as Secretary and John Waters as Treasurer. Tom Locke, Jane Neill, Alan Tutton, Helen Green and Andy Higgitt were re-elected to the Committee.
Jamie Wilkins, Archaeological Project Officer at Explore the Past, gave a talk about the exciting excavation which took place recently at Broadway which explored its habitation from prehistoric times, through Roman settlement into the time of the Anglo-Saxons. His enthusiasm for the dig shone through and what it has revealed so far is tremendous. Milestone Ground is important both in terms of Worcestershire and nationally, and its finds will be part of archaeological research for some years to come.
Leesa Sandys-Lumsdaine died in Jedburgh, Scotland, on 20th December 1985. Her connection to Wickhamford is that her mother, Joyce Sandys-Lumsdaine, and two of her siblings, bought Wickhamford Manor from George Lees-Milne in 1947. Joyce, her brother Patrick George Leeson and sister Cynthia Murial Batty paid £10,400 for the Manor and six and a half acres of land (see Leeson Family at Wickhamford Manor).
It’s the end of an era for Vale Gardens Ltd. The company ceased trading at 3pm on Wednesday 26th November 2025. Another company is taking over the site. Before the entrances/exits/signage/boundaries visibly change, Jeff Nice, who took the photos in the 2008 and 2021 survey, went along to take some photos.
Frank Banner was a Licensed Victualler and Market Gardener in Wickhamford and various entries concerning him appear on the Badsey Society website. This article brings all of that information together and, with other details of his life, makes an interesting biography of the man.
In the 1939 Register for Badsey (a census taken shortly after the outbreak of war of all civilians living in Great Britain and Northern Ireland), a 53-year-old single man by the name of George Lloyd was listed as resident on A Jones & Son’s Land, Sands Lane. He was living in a hovel (demolished many years ago) on his employer’s land.
Why was he living there? What were the circumstances that led him to a hovel in Badsey? Read on to find out his story.
