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Edward Badger and Margaret Lowe ©

Very little is known of this couple and to–date no documentation has been sighted, all information having been gained from Ancestry and FamilySearch.  However, it is estimated Edward was born around 1670, possibly in or near Peopleton, Worcestershire.

A reference for a marriage of Edward Badger to Margaret Lowe has been located for the 16^th May, 1701, in St Michael Bedwardine, Worcestershire¹.  This reference indicates Edward was from Peopleton and Margaret from Upton Snodsbury.  Peopleton, originally Pyble's Den, meaning the farm of one Pyble, is a small village, some 11km south east of Worcester.  The history of the village, as in so many others, centres around the church.  Now named St Nicholas, old maps of this area show it to have been designated St Peter's in the 18^th century and St Michael's in the 19^th century.  In 1930 an ancient will was discovered which proved that it is truly St Nicholas, and this is the title which is accepted today. 

Believed to be the daughter of Robert Lowe, a reference for a baptism of Margaret Lowe of Upton Snodsbury has been found, the baptism was conducted on the 9^th October, 1677, in St Kenelms Parish Church^{1 & 4}.

Nestled between low hills and rich farmland, the village of Upton Snodsbury lies 10km east of the City of Worcester and 5km north of Peopleton².  It is thought that the ancient village of 'Snodesbyrie' was founded by Saxons in the 7^th Century, when they settled on land adjacent to Bow Brook in the vicinity of Court Farm.  The village, recorded as 'Snodsburie' figures in Domesday Book of 1086⁴, when it was valued at £7.10.  Nothing of this settlement remains with the exception of ‘hollow ways’ and evidence of a ‘mill leet’ in the grounds of Court Farm.  The church is dedicated to St. Kenelm and has some impressive stained glass windows.  A hollow way is a track which is significantly lower than the land on either side and may have been formed, by erosion of water or traffic; the digging of embankments to assist with the herding of livestock; and the digging of double banks to mark the boundaries of estates.  A mill leet is an artificial watercourse or aqueduct dug into the ground, generally supplying water to a watermill or its mill pond or for the provision of drinking water to a farm or household. 

References for only two children for Edward and Margaret have as yet been located: Mary 1703, she married William Yeates 1722; and Thomas 1710.

It is not known when or where Edward or Margaret were buried.

References

1. Ancestry.co.uk https://www.ancestry.co.uk
2. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/

3. Open Domesday http://opendomesday.org/

4. FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/search/

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