How did the road get its name?

The Knapp is so-called because of the historic names of Nap Close and Nap Orchard, plots of land just to the south, which are shown on the Badsey Enclosure map.

How did the road get its name?

The Drift is so-called because the Parish Council of the day identified a reference to “drift” in an area slightly to the east of the site and, in order to perpetuate the name in the village, it was decided to give the new development this name.  A “drift way”  was the term used for a road over which cattle were driven).

How did the road get its name?

As with the first phase of Council housing development in the 1920s when houses were built along Synehurst, Synehurst Crescent is so-called because of the old field name.  The land was known as Seaneys Ground at the beginning of the 19th century but, by the beginning of the 20th century, it was known as Corner Ground or Sinehurst.  The land used to belong to Aldington but it became part of Badsey in 1921.

How did the road get its name?

Synehurst is so-called because of the old field name.  The land was known as Seaneys Ground at the beginning of the 19th century but, by the beginning of the 20th century, it was known as Corner Ground or Sinehurst.  The land used to belong to Aldington but it became part of Badsey in 1921.

How did the road get its name?

Stone Pippin Orchard is so-called because it was the name of the land 200 years ago when it was owned by Joseph Jones. Stone Pippin is an ancient variety of dessert apple.

How did the road get its name?

St James Close is so-called because of its proximity to the Church of St James.

How did the road get its name?

Seward Road is named after Seward House on the High Street, where the Seward family lived from the late 17th to the late 18th century.  Seward Road now extends much further than the land held by the Sewards, but at the time that the first houses went up, the Seward House land was some of the first to be developed.

How did the road get its name?

Seward Close is situated immediately behind the garden of Seward House, from which the name derives, and is an offshoot of Seward Road.

When did housing development begin?

Seward Close is a small development of four detached houses built on an infill plot of land off Seward Road in about 2000.

Numbering system

The numbers are 1-4; the entrances to Numbers 1 & 2 Seward Close are actually on the east side of Seward Road. 

How did the road get its name?

How did the road get its name?

Sands Lane is so-called because it was the road leading to Sand Field.  In the 1891 census, it was called Sand Lane but, later in the 20th century, the name changed to Sands Lane.  In 1815, at the time of the Badsey Enclosure, it was described as: “One other private Carriage Road and Drift Way of the breadth of twenty-five feet marked 11 on the said plan, branching out of the said Wickhamford Road in a South-East direction until it enters the third Allotment to John Jones.”