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 Church Badwell Ash
“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 […]
Read more...The Great Fire of Badwell Ash
It is believed that in 1723 there was a “great fire” in Badwell Ash that destroyed a significant amount of the original medieval village. There […]
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