Visitors' Book

Marriages – Badsey with Aldington, 1941-1947

Entry no. Date Names Age Status Occupation Abode Father's name & occupation Banns or Licence Officiant Witnesses
1 24 Feb 1941 Philip Geoffrey ANDREWS 27 Bachelor Pte, 5th Gloucs Regt Willersey Charles Henry Andrews (market gardener retired) Licence
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean H Field; E Andrews; E M Field; F Field; A L Keen
Miriel Lucy FIELD 27 Spinster - Aldington Harry Field (market gardener)
Notes:

St Matthew's Day
2 14 Apr 1941 John WELLS 37 Bachelor Market Gardener South Littleton Harry Wells (market gardener) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean M F Wells, H Roberts, E A Greening; A J Wells; E E Roberts
Ivy May GREENING 32 Spinster - Badsey George Henry Greening (deceased)
Notes:

Monday in Easter week
3 10 May 1941 Kenneth Austin ELLISON 20 Bachelor HM Forces Badsey Edgar Ellison (market gardener) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean L Butler; A Butler; J Moore; M Ellison; E Ellison; A M Ellison; S Butler
Thelma Loraine BUTLER 19 Spinster - Badsey Arthur Butler (factory superintendent)
Notes:

See also newspaper report of wedding.
4 24 May 1941 John Francis BARNES 27 Bachelor Platelayer Weston-sub-Edge, Glos Frank Payne Barnes (deceased) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean R S Whitford; E Sollis; D A Barnes; F Barnes
Kathleen May SOLLIS 24 Spinster - Badsey Reginald Sollis (market gardener)
5 14 Jun 1941 Samuel GRESTY 29 Bachelor HM Forces Brickfield, Vicars Cross, Chester Samuel Gresty (corporation official) Banns
 F James Wells, Vicar of Bengeworth A E Harwood; G Allard
Janice ALLARD 19 Spinster - 10 Synehurst, Badsey George Allard (gardener)
Notes:

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6 21 Jun 1941 Harry HITCHCOX 23 Bachelor HM Forces All Saints, Evesham Thomas Arthur Hitchcox (plate-layer) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean G H Crane; A L Crane; H Crane; F A Hitchcock; A Hitchcox; W Mustoe
Kathleen Helen CRANE 19 Spinster - Badsey George Henry Crane (market gardener)
Notes:

Last witness aged 99 years 8 months, WCA.

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7 23 Jun 1941 Trevor William OWENS 23 Bachelor HM Forces Parish of St Mark, Milverton, Warwickshire Joseph Owens (civil servant) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean J W Hardiman; P Mustoe; J Owens; E Ballard; C M Owens
Joyce HARDIMAN 21 Spinster - Badsey Thomas William Hardiman (market gardener)
Notes:

See also newspaper report of wedding.
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Notes:

The officiating minister at the next marriage overlooked this space and entered the marriage on the next page, W C Allsebrook
9 5 Jul 1941 John Henry SMITH 21 Bachelor HM Forces 4 Bowers Hill, Badsey John Henry Smith (fireman) Licence
 F James Wells, Vicar of Bengeworth Elsie Annie Jelfs; Frank Jelfs)
Alma May JELFS 20 Spinster - 4 Bowers Hill, Badsey Frank Jelfs (market gardener's labourer)
10 19 Jul 1941 Gerald Vero CURTLER 25 Bachelor HM Forces Harwell, Berkshire Albert Victor Curtler (deceased) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean Frank P Cobb; Augusta Cobb; Charles Curtler; Beatrice Curtler; Sydney J Roberts
Ena Irene Roger COBB 26 Spinster - Badsey John Frank Pogmore Cobb (air ministry)
11 23 Aug 1941 Arthur Frederick WITTS 24 Bachelor Market Gardener Bretforton Arthur Leonard Witts (road worker) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean L J Walford; A R Witts; S G Whiting; M E Wellings
Doris Nellie WHITING 24 Spinster - Badsey Samuel George Whiting (china restorer)
Notes:

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12 27 Sep 1941 Frank FIELD 25 Bachelor HM Forces Aldington Harry Field (market gardener) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean L J Walford; A R Witts; S G Whiting; M E Wellings
Annie Louise KEEN 21 Spinster - Badsey Arthur George Keen (market gardener)
Notes:

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13 2 Oct 1941 Arthur Cyril ROUSE 21 Bachelor HM Forces Pakington, Cambridgeshire Percy Rouse (market gardener) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean William Bennett; R P Rouse; Fanny E Knight; P Rouse
Jean Muriel KNIGHT 21 Spinster - Badsey Thomas Knight (deceased)
Notes:

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14 27 Dec 1941 Fred CLEAVER 24 Bachelor Market Gardener Bretforton Frederick William Cleaver (market gardener) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean Philip E Brailsford; F W Cleaver; D B Jelfs
Margaret Kate BRAILSFORD 23 Spinster - Badsey Philip Edward Brailsford (gardener)
Notes:

St John Evangelist's Day.

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15 7 Feb 1942 Horace Henry SILVESTER 20 Bachelor HM Forces Honeybourne James Silvester (engine driver) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean James Silvester; J Silvester; T C Keen; A D Keen; R A Keen; W Silvester
Evelyn KEEN 19 Spinster - Badsey Thomas Charles Keen (market gardener)
Notes:

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16 14 Mar 1942 John Leslie PRATT 26 Bachelor HM Forces Norton with Lenchwick Thomas Pratt (drainer) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean W C Hall; W F Canning; J Hall; T Pratt; G Hall; B E Pratt; V Keen; J R Sorrell
Freda Joan HALL 26 Spinster - Badsey William Charles Hall (lorry driver)
Notes:

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17 9 May 1942 George Edward BROOKS 31 Bachelor HM Forces Blockley, Gloucestershire Robert Holdaway Brooks (deceased) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean A F Sadler; A Sadler; R Brooks; R C W Brooks; V G Sadler; L Sadler
Irene Mary SADLER 30 Spinster - Badsey Arthur Franklin Sadler (market gardener)
Notes:

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18 23 May 1942 Frank MASTERS 22 Bachelor Platelayer Broadway Charles Masters (labourer) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean F Jelfs; E Ladbrook; A Masters; C Masters; F Jelfs; E A Jelfs
Evelyn Joyce JELFS 19 Spinster - Badsey Frank Jelfs (market gardener's labourer)
Notes:

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19 6 Jun 1942 Percy Pemberton TURVEY 22 Bachelor HM Forces Bengeworth Percy Pemberton Turvey (market gardener) Licence
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean W Hall; P P Turvey; D B Hall; E M Hall; A Turvey
Cicely Veronica HALL 20 Spinster - Badsey Walter Hall (cycle agent)
Notes:

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20 27 Jun 1942 William George HARWOOD 33 Bachelor Market Gardener Badsey Walter Harwood (market gardener) Licence
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean A C Sears; J E Knight; L Addis
Frances KNIGHT 32 Spinster - Badsey John Edwin Knight (market gardener)
21 6 Mar 1943 Eric John LADBROOK 22 Bachelor HM Forces Broadway Jesse Ladbrook (labourer) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean F Jelfs; M Ladbrook; J Ladbrook; E A Jelfs; F Masters
Frances Mary JELFS 19 Spinster - Badsey Frank Jelfs (market gardener)
Notes:

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22 24 Apr 1943 George Harold AKROYD 20 Bachelor HM Forces Honeybourne Clement Edward Akroyd (trades union official) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean R G Taylor; C G Akroyd; C Morfitt
Freda TAYLOR 20 Spinster - Badsey Robert Gould Taylor (decorator)
Notes:

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23 1 May 1943 Daniel Rees THOMAS 23 Bachelor HM Forces Trull, Somerset William Thomas (deceased) Licence
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean F R Wheeler; H J Davies; P Whitehouse; J Whitehouse
Muriel Joan WHEELER 19 Spinster - Badsey Francis Robert Wheeler (blacksmith)
Notes:

St Philip & St James' Day.

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24 5 Jun 1943 Sydney Wilfred JOBSON 21 Bachelor HM Forces Norton with Lenchwick Reginald Arthur Jobson (market gardener) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean R R Jobson, E M Jobson; R A Jobson; A L Crane; G H Crane
Hilary Doreen CRANE 20 Spinster - Badsey George Henry Crane (market gardener)
Notes:

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25 17 Jul 1943 Leonard George GREEN 27 Bachelor Engineer Machinist 233 Gristhorpe Road, Selly Oak George William Green (pipe fitter) Banns
 Douglas Tournier, Vicar of the Littletons Ruby Joan Green; Lawrence Joseph Green
Kathleen HALL 25 Spinster - Homeleigh, Badsey Percy John Hall (market gardener)
26 18 Dec 1943 Walter Henry COWARD 24 Bachelor Aircraft fitter Parish of St Denys, Portswood, Southampton Walter Henry Coward (post office worker) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean Walter Henry Coward; F Mustoe; E L Mustoe
Alice MUSTOE 21 Spinster - Badsey Ernest Edward Mustoe (deceased)
Notes:

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27 25 Mar 1944 George Henry WELCH 27 Bachelor Agricultural worker Badsey John Henry Welch (shoemaker) Licence
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean F Cresswell; C Miles; H Clements
Margaret BROWN 23 Widow - Badsey Frederick Cresswell (thatcher)
Notes:

Anuniciation of the BVM
28 29 Jul 1944 Samuel Edwin KINSEY 62 Widower Grocer & Corn Dealer Sutton, Herefordshire John Edwin Kinsey (deceased) Licence
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean Geo J Savory; M G Savory; R Roger Savory
Kathleen Mary SAVORY 36 Spinster - Badsey George John Savory (retired postal clerk)
Notes:

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29 28 Aug 1944 Charles Henry William DAVIES 23 Bachelor HM Forces Parish of St Peter, Birkenhead, Cheshire Frederick William Davies (stevedore) Licence
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean W H Andrew; B Perry; D O Davis
Peggy Doreen ANDREW 19 Spinster - Badsey William Henry Andrew (market gardener)
Notes:

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30 9 Sep 1944 William MORAN 29 Bachelor HM Forces Parish of Morna, Halifax, Yorkshire William Moran (post office linesman) Licence
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean L G Sadler; W Moran; M J Moran; A L Sadler; V G Sadler; C W Sadler
Lucy SADLER 24 Spinster - Badsey Charles Walter Sadler (market gardener)
Notes:

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31 7 Oct 1944 Joseph Sylvanus Keith BEESLEY 19 Bachelor Tractor Driver Bengeworth James Beesley (postman) Licence
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean J Beesley; E Beesley; F Beesley; J E Harris; C Harris; M G Beesley
Barbara Helen Geraldine HARRIS 20 Spinster - Badsey John Thomas Harris (market gardener)
32 18 Nov 1944 Ronald Herbert REEVES 21 Bachelor HM Forces Benlea, Badsey Samuel Francis Reeves (fruit merchant) Licence
 F James Wells, Vicar of Bengeworth E E Batchelor; R F Stewart; S F Reeves; E L Reeves
Ellen Joy BATCHELOR 19 Spinster Badsey -
Notes:

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33 30 Dec 1944 Albert George INGRAM 24 Bachelor HM Forces Long Stanton, Cambs George Henry Ingram (agricultural worker) Banns
 W C Allsebrook, Vicar & Rural Dean A Butler; A Ingram; F Butler; K Ellison
Sheila BUTLER 19 Spinster - Badsey Arthur Butler (factory superintendent)
Notes:

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34 2 Apr 1945 Leslie John WOODHOUSE 29 Bachelor Garage Proprietor Dunsford House, Belbroughton Edward Woodhouse (garage proprietor) Banns
 Arnold J Hallitt, Chaplain RAE W J Knight; E Woodhouse
Selina Anne KNIGHT 29 Spinster - Hinton Villa, Badsey William Knight (market gardener)
Notes:

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35 14 Jun 1945 Tommie Earl CHILDERS 26 Bachelor Private 1st class, US Army Badsey Bob Childers (farmer) Licence
 T Charles James, Vicar of Evesham Frank E Belcher; Elsie Mary Dorothy Gould
Joan Mary HALL 19 Spinster - Oakleigh, Badsey William Charles Hall (truck driver)
Notes:

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36 6 Aug 1945 Albert Frederick Arthur Patrick MORCOMBE 20 Bachelor Coal miner 17 Calthorpe Street, Grays Inn Road, London WC1 Harry Charles Morcombe (distiller) Banns
 C M Stickings, Vicar of Bretforton P Turner; J Bird
Muriel Mary BIRD 19 Spinster Oculist Manufactory Bretforton Road, Badsey Cyril J Bird (cycle agent)
Notes:

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37 23 Aug 1945 James Alfred NICHOLS 26 Bachelor Sergeant RASC Badsey Richard Nichols (deceased dock worker) Licence (assumed)
 C M Stickings, Vicar of Bretforton William Charles Major; Kate Elizabeth Major
Brenda Mary MAJOR 23 Spinster Optical worker 14 Synehurst Crescent, Badsey William Charles Major (market gardener)
Notes:

[Not recorded as to whether Banns or Licence, but must be Licence as does not appear in the Banns Register].

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38 24 Sep 1945 William Edward ARNOLD 25 Bachelor HM Forces 16 Doon Street, Liverpool William Edward Arnold (corporation worker) Banns
 F James Wells, Vicar of Bengeworth William John Heritage; Daniel Rees Thomas
Joyce Evelyn HERITAGE 20 Spinster - Badsey William John Heritage (market gardener)
Notes:

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39 13 Oct 1945 Reginald Norman BENNETT 24 Bachelor Corporal, Army 14 Edward Street, Evesham Harry Bennett (market gardener) Banns
 C M Stickings, Vicar of Bretforton Irene May Jelfs; A Hayward; Dorothy Joyce Jelfs; E F Jelfs
Marjorie Helen JELFS 23 Spinster Factory worker 5 Silk Mills, Badsey Ernest Jelfs (market gardener)
Notes:

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40 30 Nov 1945 Ralph David GANGI 22 Bachelor USA Army 320 Sycamore Road, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania Anthony Gangi (coal miner) Special licence
 J G Jeffreys R B Matthews; B M Rheaums
June Brilda JAMES 18 Spinster Optical worker 2 Synehurst Avenue, Badsey James Lewis James (lorry driver)
41 6 Dec 1945 Roger WYATT 22 Bachelor Royal Marines Whithouse, Old Broyle, Chichester John Wyatt (land worker) Special licence
 J G Jeffreys J F Jarvis; Albert George Haines
Kathleen Maud HAINES 24 Spinster ATS 7 Synehurst Avenue, Badsey Albert George Haines (market gardener)
Notes:

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42 15 Dec 1945 Peter TURNER 19 Bachelor Market Gardener Woodside Farm, Ravensfield, Rotherham Robert William Turner (farmer) Banns
 J G Jeffreys A F A P Morcombe; E M Smith
Jean Mary SMITH 19 Spinster Clerk Hollycroft, Bretforton Road, Badsey Hubert Smith (mechanic)
Notes:

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43 22 Dec 1945 Eric Henry Percival CHASTY 24 Bachelor RASC 2 Edward Square, Windsor Thomas Henry Chasty (bond proprietor) Banns
 J G Jeffreys B Dilhams; P D Davies
Eileen Joan ANDREW 23 Spinster ATS 2 Chapel Street, Badsey William Henry Andrew (market gardener)
Notes:

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44 27 Apr 1946 Stanley David JELFS 22 Bachelor Clerk Weston Road, Bretforton Charles Jelfs (engine driver) Banns
 J G Jeffreys C Gould; M Jelfs
Eileen Barbara BELL 21 Spinster Land worker Bretforton Road, Badsey Walter Bell (market gardener)
Notes:

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45 10 Jun 1946 Samuel Stanley MUSTOE 20 Bachelor Market Gardener The Orchards, Bretforton Road, Badsey Ernest Edward Mustoe (deceased) Banns
 J G Jeffreys G Jones; F Mustoe
Sheila Hirst JONES 21 Spinster WRNS County Court, 18 Queens Street, Huddersfield Horace Jones (caretaker)
Notes:

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46 21 Sep 1946 Francis Glanville WILLIAMS 28 Bachelor Mechanic 24 Synehurst, Badsey William John Williams (labourer) Banns
 J G Jeffreys A J Taylor; F Derbyshire
Winifred Muriel Lucy TAYLOR 26 Spinster Agriculture 24 Synehurst, Badsey Arthur John Taylor (market gardener)
Notes:

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47 28 Sep 1946 Maurice HAY 23 Bachelor Market Gardener Main Street, Bretforton John Henry Hay (market gardener) Banns
 J G Jeffreys G D Malins; L Hay
Joyce Margaret MALINS 21 Spinster Clerk 22 Synehurst, Badsey George David Malins (market gardener)
Notes:

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48 19 Oct 1946 John Herbert COLE 26 Bachelor Storeman Sherwood Farm, Aldington Alfred Henry Cole (deceased) Banns
 J G Jeffreys W H Jelfs; J Coates
Winifred May JELFS 26 Spinster Domestic duties Sherwood Farm, Aldington Walter Henry Jelfs (agriculture)
Notes:

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49 28 Oct 1946 Henry Sylvester DUNGWORTH 59 Widower Painter & Decorator Chapel Street, Badsey Henry Sylvester Dungworth (deceased) Special licence
 J G Jeffreys G C Dyde; A J B Day
Lydia Ellen HALL 60 Widow Market Gardener Bretforton Road, Badsey John Crane (deceased)
50 24 Feb 1947 Dennis Barsotti WOOD 20 Bachelor Market Gardener Manor Cottage, Aldington [No name recorded] - deceased Licence
 J G Jeffreys L B Bayliss; M E Hancox
Mary Dawn HANCOX 18 Spinster Factory hand 50 Clarence Road, Stratford-on-Avon Edward Israel Hancox (brewer)