The Bailey name was first mentioned in the Alrewas church records with a Thomas and Frances living in Fradley. Ralph Bayley was buried at All Saints Church, Alrewas in 1661 and Thomas Baylie in 1665. These may not have been related as the spellings are different, but equally, the people writing these records may have just spelt them wrongly/differently. There are no more records of the family until the mid 1800’s. John Bayley and Charles Bayley are shown to own fields in Fradley on an 1859 map of the village. And in 1870, we know that a Henry Bailey was a farmer in Fradley. However, we do not know if any of these people were related. In the 1939 census, a Stanley Bailey was living in a council house on the A38 (end of Fradley Lane and next door to the Hooker’s), with his wife Jessie Evelyn and listed as a farm labourer. They had 2 children, Brenda and Vernon (always known as Pont). Stan and Jessie are buried at St. Stephens Church (Plot 330) and died in 1973 and 1960 respectively. Vernon Bailey married Maureen, who he met in the South of England when serving his National Service in the army. They lived in a council house opposite St. Stephens Church and had a son called John. They are also buried at St. Stephens (Plot 383) and died in 1994, aged 63 and 2009, aged 73 respectively.

The Bailey name was first mentioned in the Alrewas church records with a Thomas and Frances living in Fradley. Ralph Bayley was buried at All Saints Church, Alrewas in 1661 and Thomas Baylie in 1665. These may not have been related as the spellings are different, but equally, the people writing these records may have just spelt them wrongly/differently. There are no more records of the family until the mid 1800’s. John Bayley and Charles Bayley are shown to own fields in Fradley on an 1859 map of the village. And in 1870, we know that a Henry Bailey was a farmer in Fradley. However, we do not know if any of these people were related. In the 1939 census, a Stanley Bailey was living in a council house on the A38 (end of Fradley Lane and next door to the Hooker’s), with his wife Jessie Evelyn and listed as a farm labourer. They had 2 children, Brenda and Vernon (always known as Pont). Stan and Jessie are buried at St. Stephens Church (Plot 330) and died in 1973 and 1960 respectively. Vernon Bailey married Maureen, who he met in the South of England when serving his National Service in the army. They lived in a council house opposite St. Stephens Church and had a son called John. They are also buried at St. Stephens (Plot 383) and died in 1994, aged 63 and 2009, aged 73 respectively.