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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The Badwell Ash Association for Prosecuting Persons guilty of Felonies, Burglaries, Larcenies and Thefts
A brief history of rural crime and punishment in 18th and 19th century Badwell Ash The first police force in England was created in London […]
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“What would you be, you wide East Anglian sky, Without church towers to recognise you by” John Betjeman A Brief History There was possibly an […]
Read more...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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