The Poplars is named after the house of the same name, a substantial Georgian building which, together with its old barn, was demolished in 1966 in order to make the access road to the new Seward Road development.
The Poplars was built in 1966 as a private housing development. It comprises five pairs of semi-detached bungalows and one detached bungalow.
The road-name derives from Langet which means a narrow strip of land. For older residents of the village, this was a confusing name, as the western end of Brewers Lane (from the High Street to the junction with Chapel Street) had been known in the first half of the 20th century as Lanket Lane.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
St James Close is so-called because of its proximity to the Church of St James.
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.
Seward Close is situated immediately behind the garden of Seward House, from which the name derives, and is an offshoot of Seward Road.
Seward Close is a small development of four detached houses built on an infill plot of land off Seward Road in about 2000.
The numbers are 1-4; the entrances to Numbers 1 & 2 Seward Close are actually on the east side of Seward Road.
