You’re probably thinking that this is a subject to avoid! But, to a Historian, the tax schedules can give a unique insight into who lived in the village at any one time. Badwell Ash is fortunate to have complete schedules of tax payers from the Subsidy Return of 1283 in the reign of Edward I right up to The Tithe Act of 1836.
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St. Mary’s Churchyard and Richer Road Churchyard Extension Headstone and Tomb Research – 2022
No written grave records exist for the burials in either the Churchyard surrounding St. Mary’s Church or oldest part of The Churchyard Extension, dating from […]
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29th June 1826 – 24th December 1916 Our story is about the two people who in the second half of the 19th century, made Badwell […]
Read more...St. Mary’s Church Turret Clock
The Turret Clock in the tower at St. Mary’s is believed to have been made in the late C17, around 1680. This was either during […]
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