Clutton History Archive

1901 Census (31 March)

House not built until 1903

1911 Census (2 April)

George Hillman – Head of Family – Age 30 – Married – Coal Hewer – Born Clutton, Somerset
Lilla Hillman – Wife – Age 29 – Married – Born Clutton, Somerset

1920 Auction of the Earl of Warwick’s land and properties – Mr. G. Hillman (Rent 4s 7d per week). Lot No. 94 comprising of Nos. 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51 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 Several of them together with some of the other lots were withdrawn, were disposed of, and negotiations are proceeding in regard to the others.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)

George Hillman – Head – Age 40 – Married – Coal Miner, Hewer, Clutton Colliery (Out of Work) – Born Clutton, Somerset
Evelyn Hillman – Wife – Age 40 – Married – Home Duties – Born Clutton, Somerset
Janet Hillman – Daughter – Age 10 – School – Born Clutton, Somerset
Stanley Hillman – Son – Age 3 – Born Clutton, Somerset

Janet Esme Hillman
Photograph - Clutton History Group.

Janet Esme Hillman
Photograph - Clutton History Group.

John R. Parsons – Lorry Driver for Contract, Married, b. 5 March 1908
Marjorie Parsons – Unpaid Domestic Duties, Married, b. 14 October 1911
Hugh Doherty – Army Pensioner, Married, b. 29 November 1859
Annie Doherty – Invalid, Married, b. 23 December 1869
One record closed under 100 year rule

1945 Auction of the Earl of Warwick’s land and properties – It is assumed that this property did not sell in the 1920 Auction and was put up for auction on 16 August 1945. Lot 66 – Tenant Mr. R. Parsons, rent £21 13s 4d p.a. which includes part rates of £4 2s 4d.

Dwellings, with the price when withdrawn, were : 47 to 56, Maynard Terrace (10 houses), £2,100. [Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer, 24 August 1945]

REGISTER OF ELECTORS

1903 to 1910 – Not specified
1912 – Not specified
1913 to 1915 – George Henry Hillman
1918 to 1933 – Evelyn Lilla Hillman
1918 to 1931 – George Henry Hillman
1933 – Janet Esme Hillman
1934 to 1936 – William Job Ford, Sarah Ford
1937 to 1938 – Hugh Doherty, Ann Doherty
1937 to 1939 – Robert John Parsons, Marjorie Parsons

1945 – Not specified
1946 to 1948 – Betty E. Denne, Victor N. Denne
1949 to > – Alfred T. Owen, Barbara E. Owen

Burials in St. Augustine's Churchyard, Clutton

Source - Gravestone Photographic Resource (GPR) website (Bold numbers indicate the age has been calculated)

George Hillman - first name on the monument d. 1951 GPR Ref. 398351
Evelyn Lilla Hillman - wife of George Hillman d. 1965 GPR Ref. 398351
Thomas Owen - first name on the monument b. 1908 d. 2000 Age 92 GPR Ref. 398396
Barbara Ellen Owen - wife of Thomas Owen b. 1915 d. 2006 Age 91 GPR Ref. 398396

Evelyn Lilla Hillman (Grandma Hillman
Photograph – Clutton History Group.

Injured Soldiers from Gurney Court, West Harptree,
at Clutton Rectory (4 July 1916)
George Hillman in Straw Boater in back row,
Grandmother Hillman centre row in black
Photograph – Clutton History Group.

NEWSPAPER REPORTS

Friday 28 August 1931, Shepton Mallet Journal

Lorry Driver Fined

Robert John Parsons, steam lorry driver, Clutton, was summoned for driving on the highway a steam lorry which emitted smoke. He was also summoned for failing to produce a certificate of insurance within five days.

Mr C. McClure Wilson represented the defendant, who pleaded not guilty to the first charge, but guilty to the second.

P. C. Butt said that on the 28th July, ay 2:10 p.m., he was cycling along Glastonbury Road, towards Wells, when he saw dense volumes of smoke in front of him. He got to the R. D. C. Bridge at Coxley, and there he saw a Sentinel steam wagon stationary and facing Wells. Dense volumes of smoke were drifting across the highway from the stack of the wagon. He asked the defendant the reason for all the smoke, and he replied that he did not know the reason.

Mr Wilson said before being put on the road these vehicles had to pass certain tests, to see that they did not emit smoke in the way alleged. The defendant stopped at the bridge to take up water, and had to start up again after fuelling the engine. The defendant used best Welsh coal.

Defendant said he had considerable experience of Sentinel lorries. He stopped at the bridge to pick up water. He then put about four shovels of coal on his fire. There was smoke coming from the stack only when he was putting the coal on. He took off the fire cover when refuelling and this caused less smoke as there was less draught up the chimney.

Harold Stevens, driver’s mate gave corroborative evidence.

Respecting the second charge, P. C. Butt, said the defendant could not produce his certificate of insurance when asked to do so. He was issued the usual memorandum, and defendant said he would produce the certificate at Clutton within five days. This, however, he did not do.

Mr McClure Wilson said that the defendant put the certificate of insurance in his lorry, with the intention of producing it at Clutton, but he then forgot all about it.

He was fined 10/- for the first offence and 5/- for the second.

Wednesday 28 October 1931, Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser

View Obliterated

Robert John Parsons, of Clutton, was summoned for allowing smoke to escape from a motor vehicle at Puriton on the 1st October.

P. C. Cook said the vehicle was emitting dense clouds of smoke, which obliterated the view of any motorists coming behind.

Defendant, against whom there was a previous conviction, was fined £1.

Friday 22 January 1932, Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer

Death of Mr. G. Hillman – Brass Ban’s Tribute at the Funeral

The death of Mr. George Hillman, of 48, Maynard Terrace, Clutton, occurred after a painful illness patiently borne for seven years. Much sympathy was felt among his many friends, who held him in high esteem for his cheery words and pleasant smiles all through his illness.

The funeral took at Clutton, the Rev. J. Mansfield officiating.

The mourners included Mrs. Hillman (widow), Miss J. Hillman (daughter), Master S. Hillman (son), Mr. Ernest and Arthur Hillman (brothers) , Mrs. Bullock, Mrs. Flower, Mrs. Parsons, Mrs. Perry (sisters) ; Mr. Flower, Mrs. Hillman, Mr. and Mrs. Hinds, Mr. and Mrs. Perry, Mr. and Mrs. E. Maggs, Mr. A. Maggs, Mr. A. Cook (brothers- in-law and sisters-in-law) ; Miss Philip Hillman, Mr. Ivor Maggs and Mr. Denis Cook (niece and nephews).

The members of the Clutton Brass Band were well represented, Mr. Hillman having been a member ever since it started and taking a great interest in all its activities. The Foresters’ Club was also represented.

Friday 10 December 1937, Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer

Road Offenders – Batch of Fines at Temple Cloud

Motoring cases again occupied most of the time at Temple Cloud Police Court Tuesday.

Robert Parsons. of Maynard Terrace, Clutton, was accused of using a heavy lorry, the rear axle of which transmitted an excessive weight to the road, Lewis George Pritchard. a haulage contractor. of Clutton, being summoned for permitting the offence.

P.C. Snell said that after stopping Parsons's steam wagon at Ston Easton, he had it weighed at Emborough Quarry. The total weight was 14 tons 18cwts.. 18cwts. more than that permitted, and the rear axle weight was 10 tons 7cwts., an excess of 1 ton 7cwts. Parsons said he thought he could go up to 15 tons.

Later he interviewed Pritchard, who said he did not wish to make any explanation.

Giving evidence, Pritchard, who was represented by Mr. W. N. Rowe, of Bristol, said he instructed the driver to pick up 5 tons of wheatings and 2 tons of slab cake. The wheatings would take up five-sixths of the available room on the wagon, but if the driver had packed the load properly there would have been no excessive weight at the back.

Supt. Gregory said there was a long list of previous convictions against each of the men. They were fined £2 each.

Friday 6 April 1945, Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer

Clutton Official Fined for Receiving

Fines totalling £36 10s. were imposed on three defendants by the magistrates at Temple Cloud on Wednesday, in cases relating to alleged stealing, and receiving bags of cattle cake nuts, and offences for alleged supplying, and obtaining bags of rationed feeding stuff.

There were eight summonses against Robert John Parsons, of 48, Maynard Terrace, Clutton, who was fined £10 for stealing, between Dec. 1944, and Feb. 24, 1945, eight bags of cattle cake nuts value £6 18s. He was also fined a further £3 10s. on charges of unlawfully obtaining between Sept. 1 and Oct. 31, 1944, at Clutton, two bags of rationed feeding stuffs. and for alleged similar offences relating to a day in Dec., 1944, and also between Feb. 21 and 25, 1945; and on Feb. 26, 1945. Parsons was also accused of supplying to Stanley John Sage, at Clutton, between Sept. 1, 1944, and Oct. 31, 1944, two bags of rationed feeding stuff, and a similar offence on a day in Jan., 1945, and further for unlawfully supplying to Rodney William Blacker, at Clutton, two bags of rationed feeding stuff on Feb. 27, 1945.

Parsons, charged with the theft of eight bags of cattle cake nuts, pleaded guilty. Mr. Barnes said defendant was employed, at the time of the offences, as a lorry driver by Mr. L. G Pritchard, haulage contractor, of Clutton. Since September of last year defendant had been engaged in getting cattle cake nuts from the mills of Messrs. J. Robinson. at Avonmouth Docks, and delivering them to various firms in South West England. On Feb. 22 last he had 200 bags of cattle cake nuts loaded on to his lorry at Messrs. Robinson's mills, and another similar load on Feb. 28

On Feb. 28 defendant, interviewed by Det.-Constable Lane, in company with P.C. Pudner, admitted he had two bags of cattle cake nuts in his possession. and alleged they were extra to his load. The police took possession of the two bags, and defendant was taken to the Temple Cloud Police Station where, after being cautioned, he made a statement.

Newspaper Report greatly truncated

Friday 13 May 1949, Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer

No Election – Clutton Parish Council

No election was necessary for the Parish Council of Clutton the following are the Parish Councillors for the ensuing period. Mr. A. T. Owen, 48, Maynard Terrace, Clutton.