Welcome to Clutton History Archive. Villagers and the Clutton History Group have created an online community archive for the village.

Clutton has a long and varied history. The Clutton Online History Project is a local, volunteer-led initiative set up in 2025 to share as many of Clutton’s historical resources as possible and to put them on display in one comprehensive online archive. This makes it easy for anyone who wants to find something out about Clutton’s past in one place.

If you have historic photos of the village, its people, community events, school life, coal-mining, buildings, street scenes, etc, or documents of interest, then please do get in touch. We’d love to see them and hopefully include them in the archive at a later date.

5 July 2026 - Minor corrections made to the 1838 Tithe Map. click here

5 July 2026 - Clutton Home Guard. click here

5 July 2026 - New photograph of Maynard Terrace c. 1960 added plus discussion (bottom of page). click here

5 July 2026 - Clutton History Group booklets - Coal, History and Methodists. click here

3 July 2026 - 26 Directories for the Village of Clutton 1327 to 1939 (Including Kelly's). click here

18 June 2026 - Underground Surveys of Coal seams under the Village. click here

18 May 2026 - Interview with Colin Withers by Russell Tanner. click here

25 February 2026 - 1838 Tithe Map, Table of Field Names and Owners, Overview of Tithe Maps. click here

24 February 2026 - Interviews with Keith Baker by Anne Stone. click here

9 February 2026 - Catalogue of the Sale of Church Farm Clutton 1921. click here

9 February 2026 - Sale of The Earl of Warwick Clutton Estate 1920 Catalogue. click here

8 February 2026 - Sale of The Earl of Warwick Clutton Estate 1945 Catalogue and two maps. click here

8 February 2026 - Interviews with Mike Blackmore and Joyce and John Spear by Anne Stone. click here

3 February 2026 - Map Gallery. click here

28 January 2026 - Interview with Lena Church by Grahame Lacey (October 2025). click here

26 January 2026 - Clutton WI Domesday Embroidery. click here

25 January 2026 - Clutton Primary School Log Book 1903 to 1992. click here

CLUTTON HISTORY GROUP

Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month @ 7:30 pm. Meetings are usually held in Clutton Village Hall, Venus Lane.

Programme 2026/2027

8 September 2026- An exploration of the Stone Circle at Stanton Drew by Martin Elsbury.
13 October 2026- The Wye Valley walk - from mouth to source by Paul Gregory.
10 November 2026 - Slum House conditions and their clearance in 1930's Bristol by Mike Hooper.
8 December 2026 - Handbell Ringing - history and facts (and participation) by Chew Valley Hand Bell Ringers.

January 2027- No meeting.
February 2027 - No meeting.
9 March 2027 - More Clutton History and photographic Memories by Alan Gray.
13 April 2027 - Stalingrad by Mike Walsh.
11 May 2027 - Ann Green of Clifton by Bill Evans.
8 June 2027 - Poison in fact and Fiction by Brian Price.

Costs - Members £3/Non-members & Guests £5/Annual Membership £10

For an archive of past talks click here

Acknowledgements - Clutton History Archive
We have made every reasonable effort to identify and credit copyright holders for the content used on this website.
If you are an owner of the work and believe any material on this website has been used without proper attribution please contact us.

If you notice any errors or omissions, please let us know.

Credits: We are indebted to Alan Gray (resident of Clutton) who has not only built and designed this website (using Wikidot platform) from July 2025 onwards but also provided, or compiled, the majority of the content. Other sources used include Clutton History Group and local residents.

May 2026 - we now have 190 separate pages published on the site, a huge achievement for a small local, amateur group.

We are also very grateful to the Chelwood Community Fund for providing a grant to enable us to fund the project.