Hillside, Aldington
How did the road get its name?
The road is so-named because the houses are built on a small hill on the north side of Main Street. Although the postal address is not Main Street, Hillside forms part of Main Street. When built, the houses were at the western extension of Main Street, so it was logical to give them a separate address. However, since then, further houses have been added to the west which were given the address of Main Street.
Chapel Lane, Aldington
How did the road get its name?
Chapel Lane is so-called because of the chapel (now a private residence) which was erected on the road in the 1870s. In 1807, when the Aldington Enclosure Map was drawn, this road was the north-eastern extension of a very long road known as Pitwell Road. By the time of the 1939 register, it was being called Chapel Lane.
Badsey Road, Aldington
How did the road get its name?
The road is so-called because it is the road leading from Bengeworth to Badsey. The present-day Badsey Road originates in the parish of Bengeworth in Evesham at the junction with Elm Road and Offenham Road. In 1987, the Evesham section of the road was bisected by the Evesham Bypass. Badsey Road forms part of the B4035 from Evesham to Banbury. The Aldington section of the road is just over a third of a mile long.
The Poplars
How did the road get its name?
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.
When did housing development begin?
The Poplars was built in 1966 as a private housing development. It comprises five pairs of semi-detached bungalows and one detached bungalow.
The Lankets
How did the road get its name?
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
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.
The Drift
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).