Publications

The Badsey Society has now published its second book. It has been written by Maureen Spinks and is about the History of Schools in Badsey. Report of Book Launch

Heads and Tales: a History of Badsey Schools
ISBN 0 9547 4690 2
192 pages.
More than 200 photographs, maps and illustrations.

This meticulously researched book charts the history of schools in Badsey from the very earliest known school in the 17th century, to the setting up of a National School 150 years ago, to the school we know today as Badsey First School.  It will appeal to past and present pupils and staff, family historians and anyone with an interest in Badsey, Worcestershire.

On sale price £6 in the Spar Shop, Badsey and the Almonry Heritage Centre, Evesham.

Mail order copies may be ordered at a price of £8 (posted to UK address), £10 (posted to other European addresses) or £12 (rest of world).
Cheques payable to 'Badsey Society' to M Spinks, The Willows, 8a High Street, Badsey, Evesham WR11 7EW, England.
We regret we can only accept cheques in UK pounds.

A Brief History of Badsey and Aldington
144 pages.
More than 100 photographs, maps and illustrations.
Rewritten with an extra chapter and appendices.

This readable book is everything a local history should be - rural characters spring to life from its scholarly pages and the passing events of two millennia in a peaceful corner of the Vale of Evesham are retailed with an abundance of illustrations, many now appearing for the first time. Anyone who has ever lived in, or known, Badsey and Aldington cannot afford to miss this unique chronicle of village life which, thankfully, has been recorded for posterity, with great dedication, by a lifelong inhabitant of Badsey.
Terry Sparrow, one of the original joint authors, has rewritten the book with the support of a number of people in the villages. The Countryside Service of Worcestershire County Council has kindly provided a grant towards the cost of publishing the book which has been published by the Badsey Society.

On sale price £5 in the Spar Shop, Badsey and the Almonry Heritage Centre, Evesham.
Mail order copies may be ordered at a price of £7 (posted to UK address), £8 (posted to other European addresses) or £10 (rest of world). Cheques payable to ‘Badsey Society’ to Mr T C Sparrow, 36 Brewers Lane, Badsey, Evesham WR11 7EU, England.
We regret we can only accept cheques in UK pounds.
A talking book version is available for blind or partially-sighted people. Details may be obtained from Mr Jim Swingler, Birkdale, Broadway Road, Childswickham, Broadway WR12 7HD, England, telephone 01386 853602.

ARE YOU IN THE BOOK? BELOW ARE THE SURNAMES OF SOME OF THE HUNDREDS OF EX-PUPILS WHO APPEAR IN 'HEADS AND TALES'

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Aberdein, Adam, Addis, Agg, Albon, Aldington, Aldren, Allard, Allchurch, Allen, Amos, Andac, Anderson, Andrew, Andrews, Appelbee, Ashwin, Aston, Atkins, Atkinson, Attwood, Austin, Avenell, Avery
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Baker, Ball, Ballard, Banks, Bannister, Barker, Barnard, Barnes, Barnsley, Baron, Barrand, Barrington Ward, Batty, Bayliss, Beasley, Beaven, Beesley, Begley, Bell, Benfield, Bennett, Bent, Bentley, Betteridge, Beveridge, Bevington, Bezant, Bindoff, Binyon, Bird, Blake, Blythe, Bolland, Bond, Bonehill, Bott, Bowler, Bowley, Bowring, Braby, Bradley, Bradshaw, Brailsford, Brambani, Brazier, Brewer, Brookes, Brooks, Brotherton, Brown, Brownrigg, Bull, Bullen, Bullock, Burford, Butcher, Butler, Byrd, Byron
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Camden, Careless, Carne, Carr, Carter, Cartwright, Cassey, Castle, Caswell, Causer, Causier, Cave, Chamberlain, Chaplin, Chapman, Charlton, Churchill, Churchley, Clark, Clayton, Cleaver, Clements, Cleveley, Clifford, Cockerton, Colbourn, Coldicott, Cole, Collett, Colley, Collins, Cook, Cooke, Corbett, Cother, Coton, Court, Cox, Crane, Cribb, Crisp, Crosby, Cross, Crossley, Cull, Curtis
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Dacombe, Daffurn, Dallimore, Darby, Davies, Davis, Days, De Ville, Dennick, Dennis, Didlick, Digby, Dipple, Dodridge, Dore, Dowdeswell, Drew, Dudfield, Dudley, Duncan
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Ealey, Earle, Eckles, Edgerton, Edwards, Ella, Elliott, Ellison, Emms, Enstone, Essex, Evans
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Faulkner, Felton, Field, Fisher, Ford, Formanuik, Forster, Fosbrook, Foster, Fowler, Francis, Franklin, Fray, Froebel
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Gallot, Gardiner, Gardner, Garfield, Gaskin, Gatfield, Geden, Gepp, Gibbons, Gibson, Goddard, Goldstraw, Gooddall, Gorin, Gosling, Gottfried, Graham, Grainger, Granacki, Granger, Green, Greening, Gregory, Gresty, Griffin, Griffith, Griffiths, Grinnell, Grove
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Habitts, Haile, Haines, Hale, Halford, Hall, Hallett, Halling, Halse, Hampton, Hancock, Hancox, Handy, Hardiman, Hardwick, Harford, Harker, Harman, Harris, Harrison, Harry, Hartwell, Harvey, Harwood, Hatch, Hatcher, Hatton, Haward, Hawker, Hawton, Hayes, Heath, Helm, Hemming, Heritage, Hewlett, Hicks, Hiden, Hill, Hilland, Hinds, Hinton, Hiscock, Hodgetts, Holbrook, Holland, Holley, Holmes, Hooper, Hough, Houghton, Howe, Howells, Hubbard, Hughes, Humpston, Hunt, Hurman, Huxley
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Idiens, Illsley, Ingledew, Ireland, Ives
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Jackson, James, Jefford, Jelfs, Jenkin, Jenkinson, Jennings, Jepson, Jinks, Jobson, Johns, Johnson, Jones, Jordan
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Kedward, Keen, Kelland, Kendall, King, Kissack, Kitcher, Knight, Kramer
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Laidlaw, Lake, Lakey, Lamb, Lancaster, Lanketts, Lashford, Layton, Leak, Ledbury, Lee, Leedham, Lewis, Lippett, Little, Lloyd, Lloyd-Oswell, Locke, Long, Longmore, Lopes, Lord, Lyons
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Maden, Magowan, Major, Malin, Mallet, Manners, Marsden, Marshall, Martin, Maskew, Mason, Mayhew, McDonald, McGowan, McKanan-Jones, McMeikan, McSwiney, Meadows, Mee, Mellen, Meredith, Merrett, Merriman, Miland, Miller, Mitchell, Moisey, Monk, Moore, Moran, Morcombe, More, Morris, Morton, Mountford, Mountney, Mumford, Mundella, Mustoe, Myatt
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Nastasi, Naylor, New, Newbury, Newman, Nicholls, Nightingale, Nisbett, Norledge, Norman, Noyes
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Oakley, Ockwell, Olender, Ormerod, Osborne, Overd, Overthrow, Owens
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Padfield, Page, Palmer, Parfitt, Parker, Parr, Parriss, Partridge, Pask, Patten, Payne, Pearce, Pearman, Peet, Perkins, Perks, Perry, Pethard, Phillips, Phillott, Piaget, Pickering, Pike, Pipcin, Pitman, Plant, Poole, Pooley, Pope, Porter, Portman, Potter, Poulter, Pratt, Preece, Price, Priest, Priestley, Proctor
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Quaye
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Redgewell, Reed, Reeves, Richards, Rickey, Riddick, Ridgers, Ritchie, Roadnight, Robbins, Roberts, Robinson, Roden, Roebuck, Rose, Round, Rouse, Roy, Russell, Ryder
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Sadler, Salisbury, Salter, Sams, Sandford, Sandham, Saunders, Savage, Savory, Scarrott, Scott, Sealey, Seaman, Sears, Seward, Sharp, Sharpe, Shaw, Sheaf, Shelley, Shelswell, Sheppard, Sherwood, Sheward, Silvester, Simmonds, Simms, Sladden, Small, Smith, Snook, Southern, Southwell, Sparrow, Spencer, Spinks, Spragg, Staley, Stanbra, Stanley, Stanton, Stewart, Stirling, Stone, Storey, Stout, Strangwood, Stratton, Styles, Sullivan, Summers, Summerton, Sunley, Suthern, Sutton, Swift, Syril
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Tandy, Tate, Taylor, Tebby, Thom, Thomas, Thompson, Thould, Todd, Tomkins, Tovey, Treharne, Trinder, Trotman, Tucker, Tullett, Turley, Turner, Turtle, Tutton, Tyrell, Tyszkow
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Underhill
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Van de Wyngaert, Verbeeck
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Wadams, Wagstaff, Wakefield, Waldron, Walker, Walter, Ward, Warmington, Warne, Wasley, Waters, Watkin, Watkins, Watson, Watton, Watts, Wayland, Webb, Wedgwood, Welch, Wells, Welsh, West, Westbury, Westmacott, Weston, Whall, Wheatley, Wheeler, Whitbread, White, Whiting, Wilkins, Willett, Williams, Willies, Willoughby, Wilson, Witheford, Wixey, Wood, Woodcock, Woodhead, Woodward
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Young