Fields Close
How did the road get its name?
Fields Close is so-called because of its proximity to the area known as Badsey Fields.
Fothersway Close
How did the road get its name?
Fothersway Close is named after the old road name for Brewers Lane, from which access is gained. Originally it was going to be called St James’ Mead, and the sale catalogue was produced with that title, but it was then decided that it might be confused with the nearby St James Close so the name was changed to Fothersway Close.
Church End
How did the road get its name?
Church End so called because it is a cul-de-sac situated to the south-east of St James’ Church.
When did housing development begin?
Church End is a small development of four detached bungalows built in the 1990s on land which used to belong to the house called The Firs (present-day Number 27 High Street).
Numbering system
The numbers are 1-4.
Bowers Hill
How did the road get its name?
The derivation of the name Bowers Hill is uncertain. Terry Sparrow, in his chapter on Bowers Hill in Aldington and Badsey, Villages in the Vale, suggests that it may come from the obsolete term for a husbandman. With regard to the “Hill” part of the name, whilst there is no significant hill, it is certainly higher than other parts of the parish, with the 50-metre contour line passing close to the Bowers Hill farmhouse. Bowers Hill forms an extension of Willersey Road on its east side.