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Clutton History Group
Published in the Clutton Parish News May 1985
1. Barrow Hill - There are the remains of burial mounds (barrows) on top of the Hill
2. Batch Farm - Batch was the name given to a coal spoil heap. Batch near to the spoil heaps of the old Burchells Pit, but this pit is relatively recent, 1911 to 1921, and the farm much older. However there an older pit on the Burche115 site.
3. Brickyard Farm - A flourishing brickworks existed at this farm in the 19th. century.
4. Carter’s Tyning – This is quite an old name it existed on the map of the of the Earl Warwick’s estate. Tynings means “enclosed field.”
5. Coalpit Field – The name does not refer to the adjacent remains of the Fry’s Bottom Pit. The name predates this pit and refers to the older bell pits that were in field. The hummocky ground in the field shows the location of these pits.
6. Cook's Hill - The full name is Jossie Cooks Hill (from an old photograph). The Cook family were prominent in the village in the early nineteenth century. Joseph Cook was a steward to the Earl of Warwick and his son David was a tenant farmer at North End Farm as well as a major shareholder in the embryonic Greyfield Coal Company.
7. Fry’s Bottom - The bottom of Fry’s Farm. This was North End Farm after the tenancy of David Cook.
8. Gastons - This means “ground for the guests” and was probably used for for the horses of the guests of the lord of the manor.
9. Greyfield - This has its origins with John de Greville who was lord of the manor during Edward Ill's reign. He was an ancestor of the Earls of Warwick.
10. The Gugg - A name for an underground incline in coal well as being the name of a road at Greyfield. The gugg here began a double track tramroad incline from the Colliery to a coal depot on the Bath road at Greyfield House. This was in 1836, before this date there was not a track to Greyfield.
11. Highbury - bury an old Saxon name for protected place. There was a Roman encampment on this hill.
12. Lime Kiln Close - Coal was used to produce lime in kilns in the village. Apart from the one marked on the map there were also kilns at The Flat and next to Brickyard Farm.
13. Magg’s Tyning – See 4. The Maggs family have lived in the for many years.
14. Maynard Terrace - This was built in 1900 to provide homes for miners. It was named after Viscount Maynard who left part of the property to Lady Warwick.
15. Moore Farm (Hillside Farm) - Richard and David Moore were prominent local farmers. They were also involved in coal mining being owners the of the Clutton Coal Works Hillside Farm 1784.
16. Moorsfield - Named Moors Mead in 1836. Part of Richard Moore's Farm.
17. Pennyquick - This was also the site of early bell pits and the name probably refers to the idea of making quick money through mining.
18. Red Hill - much of the underlying rock In Clutton is Keuper Marl, which has a high percentage of iron. This gives rise to very red soils.
19. Taylors Farm - Smith Taylor the tenant farmer in 1836.
20. Warwick Arms - The pub takes name from the Earl of Warwick who owned much of the land in Clutton at one time.
Written by Larry Cunningham