1901 Census (31 March)
David Clare – Head of Family – Age 24 – Married – Colliery Engine Driver – Born Farrington Gurney, Somerset
Bessie Clare – Wife – Age 27 – Wife – Born – West Harptree, Somerset
1911 Census (2 April)
Albert James Holbrook – Head of Family – Age 47 – Married – Colliery Mine Examiner –
Born Temple Cloud, Somerset
Elizabeth Holbrook – Wife – Age 53 – Married – Born Clutton, Somerset
Alice May Holbrook – Nice – Age 14 – Born Clutton, Somerset
Florence Haines – Sister – Age 34 – Widow – Ladies Maid Domestic – Born Hallatrow, Somerset
1920 Auction of the Earl of Warwick’s land and properties – C. Brain (Rent 4s 7d per week). Lot No. 96a comprising of Nos. 41, 42, and 43 Maynard Terrace.
Fifty six cottages in Maynard Terrace were lotted in groups of three, four, and five but as there were no offers the auction closed and negotiations took place privately for the houses. Several of them together with some of the other lots were withdrawn, were disposed of, and negotiations are proceeding in regard to the others. It should be stated that all the properties are occupied and none of the tenants are under notice to quit. [Bristol Times and Mirror, 27 August 1920].
1921 Census (Planned for 24 April but did not take place until 19 June due to the Black Friday Strike)
Charles William Brain – Head – Age 46 – Married – Boiler Foreman, above ground, Greyfield Collieries (Lockout) – Born Bath, Somerset
Mary Ann Brain – Wife – Age 47 – Married – Home duties – Born Camerton, Somerset
John William Brain – Age 19 – Single – Coal Miner Carting underground (Lockout) – Bromley Colliery (Stanton Wick) – Born Bath, Somerset
Ernest James Brain – Age 17 – Single – Coal Miner Carting underground (Lockout) – Bromley Colliery (Stanton Wick) – Born Bath, Somerset
1939 Register (29 September 1939)
William Brain – Builders Labourer, Married, b. 14 July 1874
Mary A. Brain – Unpaid Domestic Duties, Married, b. 13 October 1873
Martin Moore – Labourer General, Married, b. 17 February 1878
Ada Moore – Boarding Housekeeper Retired, Married, b. 30 August 1871
REGISTER OF ELECTORS
1902 to 1907 – David Clare
1908 to 1910 – Not specified
1912 to 1915 – Not specified
1918 to #### – Charles William Brain, Mary Ann Brain
1924 to 1930 – John William Brain
1926 to 1938 – Ernest James Brain
1945 to 1947 – Charles William Brain, Mary Ann Brain
1948 – Elizabeth Bailey
1948 to 1951 – Charles W. Brain, Mary A. Brain
1952 to 1953 – Charles W. Brain
1953 – Marian Millington, Thomas A. Millington
1954 – Not specified
1955 to 1964 – Frank Herbert Gaisford, Gertrude Alice Sage
1965 to 1977 – Gertrude Alice Sage
Burials in St. Augustine's Churchyard, Clutton
Source - Gravestone Photographic Resource (GPR) website (Bold numbers indicate the age has been calculated)
Charles William Brain - first name on the monument b. 1876 d. 1954 Age 78 GPR Ref. 398466
Mary Ann Brain - relationship not given of Charles William Brain b. 1873 d. 1951 Age 78 GPR Ref. 398466
Ada Moore - first name on the monument b. 1872 d. 1940 Age 68 GPR Ref. 398356
DEEDS
Conveyance Dated 30 Jan 1954
Sold to Frank Herbert Gaisford by Arthur Cecil Cook for the sum of £750
Supplementary Abstract to the Title Dated 26 May 1964
In the Will of Frank Herbert Gaisford (died BRI 11 Feb 1964) left this house to his niece Gertrude Alice Sage his niece.
NEWSPAPER REPORTS
Friday 27 August 1948, Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer
Clutton Couple
The wedding of M. Roy Collins, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Collins, Maynard Terrace, Clutton, with Miss Joan Clark, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Clark, took place at St. Augustine’s Church, on August 14. The Rev. A. Goddard, of Paulton, officiated, and the organist was Mr. Percy Taviner, Uncle of the bride.
The bride, who was given away by Mr. J. Brain (friend), wore a blue pleated two-piece with a spray of dark red carnations. She was tended by her two little nieces, Joan Peek and Ann Boulton, who wore pink pleated dresses and carried Victorian posies. Mr. Harry Collins, brother of the bridegroom, was best man.
The reception was held at the Miners' Welfare Hall and was attended by about 70 guests. The couple later left for Barry, where honeymoon was spent.
Friday 28 February 1964, Somerset Standard
Mainly About People – He Changed His Way of Life
There is usually a good reason when a man completely changes his way of life for a new venture. I the case of Mr Earnest James Brain, of Clutton, it was the realisation of possible danger to health when working behind certain machinery in a coalmine. Jim as he is more properly known, left the old Bromley Colliery in 1928 for this reason and, after a period on the dole and a bit of lorry driving, he successfully launched his own transport haulage system and is now trading under the name of E. J. Brain and Son.
“I didn’t like working behind those machines at Bromley and I said that I wouldn’t go back under a wage of £2 a shift,” he said. Mr Brain was then being paid at the rate of 7s. 6d, a shift. “Funny really, isn’t it. I expect the majority get more that £2 a shift now, but I shall not be going back to the industry.” Mr Brain told me this week.
Mr Brain was born at Hungerford Road, Weston, Bath, and, from his present home, which is about 600 feet above sea level at Featherbed Lane, he can see the city of his birth. From one window he can see Lansdown clubhouse and from another window he has a grand view of the Mendips.
“If I walk down the lane a short distance, I have an excellent view of the Chew Valley Lake and I can walk across one field and see the White Horse at Westbury. I believe I have the best views in Clutton here,” he said.
Mr Brain is 59 and the son of a Bath carter who worked for John Pointing, a well-known hay and straw dealer in the city. The family afterwards moved to Peasdown for a year and Mr Brain (junior) lived at Maynard Terrace, from 1911 until 1939, when he moved into his new house at Featherbed Lane.
After leaving the colliery, Mr Brain had to wait some time for the delivery of his new lorry with which he started his present business. “There was quite a long waiting list for that particular type of lorry, even in those days,” he said. He started hauling odd lots until he obtained a contract for milk collection from farms and delivering cattle cake and other feeding stuffs.
This work was really his “bread and butter” and he carried on the milk collecting for 24 years in all types of weather. Mr Brain is justly proud of the fact that during this long period he never failed to make his daily calls. Many of his journeys were in the Mendips and he recalled one bad winter spell when he maintained this service while other collectors of milk were unable to carry on for a week.
After seven years Mr Brain purchased his second lorry and later a third. He now has two large capacity wagons on the roads, travelling in the London area and the West Country.
He himself is usually kept fully occupied at home dealing with the management of the business and other matters with which he is associated.
Both Mr and Mrs Brain have always taken a keen interest in the religious and social life of the village. They are closely associated with the parish church. Mr Brain was a choir boy there and he eventually became a member of the parochial church council and during his last 13 years as rector’s warden he has served under three rectors.
For about eight years Mr Brain was one of the village representatives on Clutton Rural Council and he played a prominent part in bringing about many improvements in the village, particularly in connection with housing and water supplies. He also served the parish as a member of the parish council.
He is a keen gardener and has been a member of Clutton Horticultural Society for many years. Until recently he was the society’s chairman for about six years.
He has also taken a keen interest in the local soccer club but his chief hobby is, and has been since he was 17, growing chrysanthemums.
Mr and Mrs Brain have one son, Eric, who is employed by a Bristol engineering company.