The road is so-called because it is a road which leads to the station. With the opening of Littleton and Badsey Station at Blackminster on 21st April 1884, it became an important route for sending market gardening produce to market in Birmingham.
The road was named after the ancient field names of the area: Far Blackminster meadow, Middle Blackminster meadow, Near Blackminster meadow, Blackminster meadow, Near Blackminster, Blackminster Ground and Blackminster Orchard. “Black” in a place name suggests a possible site of Roman occupation. It was sometimes referred to as Birmingham Road. With the opening of Littleton and Badsey Station at Blackminster on 21st April 1884, it became an important route for sending market gardening produce to market in Birmingham.
The road is so-called because it leads to the centre of Aldington and is the road where there is the greatest concentration of old houses. On the Aldington Enclosure Map of 1807 it leads into the road called Badsey Road, and is described in the Award Schedules as an ancient lane.
The Parks is so-called because is the site of the former deer park of Evesham Abbey.
The oldest building dates back to about the 18th century. Another house was built in the 19th century, but the other few houses were built in the 20th century.
Sidings Lane is a short lane beside the railway, located on the east side of the B4510 road from Bengeworth to Offenham. It is named after the adjacent railway siding. The railway opened in 1853. There was a signal box on the “up” side but the sidings were on the “down” side. Only “down” trains called to pick up or drop off vans for loading.
At the time that the Aldington Enclosure Map was drawn in 1807, the road was known as Littleton Turnpike Road. By the time of the 1939 register it had become known as Offenham Road. The road is so-called because it is the road to Offenham.
Mill Lane is named after the Mill which existed by the brook until being demolished in the 1930s. It was not officially known as Mill Lane until the latter half of the 20th century.
Manor Gardens is so-called because it once formed part of Aldington Manor garden.
Manor Gardens is a development of four detached bungalows, built in the 1970s by David Brazier on the east side of Village Street.
The numbering is 1-4 going in a clockwise direction.
