by Shane Badham

According to my notes, I started the research for Worcestershire (WOR) in September 2000. This continued through October and November. Final visits to the FRC were made in December to tidy up several bits and pieces. The data was entered into a flat file database and sent as a CSV (Comma Separated Values) file to Harold Badham, for import into Custodian.

The initial research was conducted on data from the IGI, which is available at the FRC. This was useful, but few of the parishes in Worcestershire are indexed. This was also a useful learning exercise for me, as I had not previously used the IGI as a resource.

All the IGI references I found were checked against the specific Census Returns. This is important, although only one major anomaly was found. This was John Badham (30) and his wife Elizabeth (34). The IGI entries are sorted by name, so a grandson Arthur LEE (10) did not appear. He was there on the Census Return. Careful examination of the age entries revealed that the real ages were 50 and 54!
For most of the parishes of Worcestershire I had to trawl through the Census Returns looking for Badhams and their derivatives. This takes time and I can not guarantee that I have not missed anyone. There were also missing and illegible entries. If you can not find a specific name, please let either Harold or me know the details you have researched.

I am including some statistical data on the following pages. This includes Badham derivatives, how many of each I have found and the total number of all Badham derivatives.

Worcester References

Bromsgrove Worcs. Bromsgrove 392 1 HO107/2047

1 Bromsgrove ff1-411 *1

2 Belbroughton ff412-583 NI NN

3 Tardebigg ff584-end. NI NN

Droitwich Worcs. Droitwich 391 3 HO107/2046

1 Clains ff1-238 NI *2

/2 Ombersley ff239-415 NI *3

/3 Droitwich ff416-end. NI NN

Evesham Worcs. Evesham 389 0 HO107/2044

1 Evesham ff1-255 NI *4

2 Broadway ff256-end. NI *5

Kidderminster Works. Kidderminster 384 3 384 HO107/2037

1 Chaddesley-Corbet ff1-91 NN

2 Wolverley ff92-end. NN 2038

3 Kidderminster NN

Kings Norton Worcs. Kings Norton 393 1 393 HO107/2048

1 Kings Norton NI *6 2049

2 Edgebast *7 2050

3 Harborne NN

Martley Worcs. Martley 386 0 HO107/2041

1 Martley ff1-122 NI *8

2 GreatWitley ff123-255 NI NN

3 Holt ff256-385 NI *9

4 Leigh ff386-end. NI *10

Pershore Worcs. Pershore 390 0 HO107/2045

1 Eckington ff1-148 NI *11

2 Pershore ff149-373 NI NN

3 Upton Snodsbury ff374-end. NI NN

Stourbridge Worcs. Stourbridge 383 2 383 HO107/2034

1 Halesowen NI NN 2035

2 Stourbridge NI NN 2036

3 Kingswinford *12

Tenbury Worcs. Tenbury 385 0 HO107/2040

1 Tenbury NN

2 Bockleton *13

Upton Worcs. Upton-on-Severn 388 1 HO107/2043

1 Hanley ff1-273 NI *14

2 Upton-on-Severn ff274-500 NI NN

3 Kempsey ff501-end. NI NN

Worcester Worcs. Worcester 387 1 287 HO107/2042

1 West Worcester ff1-266 *15

2 North Worcester ff267-582 *16

3 South Worcester ff583-end. *17

NI = No Indexes; NN = No Names; *nn = names found

 

BADHAM derivatives found in WOR

*1 - BODMAN = 7; BEDMAN = 1; BARHAM = 4

*2 - BADHAM = 7

*3 - BADHAM = 1

*4 - BADAMS = 10; BEDNAM = 8

*5 - BADHAM = 4

*6 - BADHAM = 7

*7 - BADDAMS = 10

*8 - BAHAM = 2

*9 - BADHAM = 3

*10 - BADHAM = 10

*11 - BEDUHAM = 14

*12 - BADMAN = 7; BATHAM = 32

*13 - BADDAM = 5; BADHAM = 3

*14 - BADDAN = 1

*15 - BADHAM = 23; ADHAM = 1

*16 - BODNAM = 1; BADHAMS = 2

*17 - BADHAM = 4

Total BADHAM derivatives found

BADHAM = 62
BATHAM = 32
BEDUHAM = 14
BADAMS = 10
BADDAMS = 10
BEDNAM = 8
BADMAN = 7
BODMAN = 7
BADDAM = 5
BARHAM = 4
BADHAMS = 2
BAHAM = 2
ADHAM = 1
BADDAN = 1
BEDMAN = 1
BODNAM = 1

GRAND TOTAL = 167