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.
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.”
Packs Close is so-called because of its proximity to a field which was known as First Packs Ground.
Manorside is so-called because it is adjacent to Badsey Manor House and was once part of the Manor House grounds when they were more extensive.
Manor Close is so-called because of its proximity to Badsey Manor House.
Horsebridge Avenue is so named because of its proximity to the nearby bridge over Badsey Brook, known as Horse Bridge, indicating its original usage.
