The road is named after the quarry which formerly occupied the site and was in operation from the 1840s until the early decades of the 20th century.
A terrace of three houses and three detached houses were built in 2013 on the site of the disused premises of Havard & Co Ltd. Prior to that, there had been a quarry on the site.
The numbers run from 1-6 consecutively.
The road is named after the owner of the land, Hilary Arthur Revel Tolkien (1894-1976), who was the younger brother of J R R Tolkien. Hilary Tolkien had started Station Garden Nurseries in the 1920s and lived at Blackminster until his death in 1976.
The following notice appeared in The Worcester Journal of 2nd June 1855:
A notice of the sale by auction at The Fleece Inn, Evesham, of Blackminster Lime and Stone Works appeared in The Birmingham Journal of Saturday 3rd September 1853:
The following notice appeared in The Worcester Journal:
Aldington, near Evesham
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION
BY MR AGG
The following sale of land at Badsey and Aldington was advertised for several weeks in The Worcester Journal and Aris' Birmingham Gazette:
Vale of Evesham, Worcestershire
Valuable LEASEHOLD ESTATES and TYTHES
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION
By W HANDS MASCALL
Plan to demolish "eyesore" riverside hotel near Evesham and build eight homes and a boat house
A plan to demolish an "eyesore" hotel and build eight homes and a boat house on countryside near Evesham has been submitted to the council.
The plan by Enzo’s Homes would see the Riverside Hotel in Aldington near Evesham demolished and replaced with a mix of five and four-bedroom homes.
On Monday 27th July 1818, The Parks Farm at Aldington and Offenham was auctioned at The Rose and Crown Inn, Evesham. The Parks Farm was the house known as Riverside, situated beside the River Avon. The following notice appeared in The Worcester Journal:
The 20th AGM of The Badsey Society was held on Friday 25th February 2022 as a “hybrid” meeting; 32 members were in attendance in person and 11 via Zoom. The same officers were re-elected: Maureen Spinks as Chairman, Shirley Tutton as Secretary and John Sharp as Treasurer. The same Committee was re-elected: Will Dallimore, Ian Gibson, Tom Locke, Jane Neill, Alan Tutton, Gill Woods.
Alfred Lambourne King was a market gardener living on Pitchers Hill, Wickhamford, at the time of the 1921 census. He was then aged 50 and single, but married Fanny Mabel Mary Collett (known as Mabel) in the parish church on 9th December 1922. The Marriage Register gives his father’s name as Alfred King, Doctor of Music. Mabel, as she was known, was the daughter of John Collett, a retired schoolmaster and aged 39. She was a teacher at Prince Henry’s Grammar School, but this was not entered in the Register.
