Clutton History Archive

Maynard Terrace
Postcard – Clutton History Group

Maynard Terrace (post 1903)
Postcard – Clutton History Group

The Earl of Warwick was no absentee landlord and spent some time in the area each year. He and the Countess took a keen interest in Clutton and were particularly interested in the welfare of the miners. Miners were used to walking long distances to work and back but he was anxious that the Greyfield miners should be able to get to work as dry as possible, so had a row of cottages to accommodate the miners near the pit. These were completed in 1900 and the cottages were named Maynard’s Terrace. Maynard was the Christian name of the Earl’s son. Later the apostrophe "s" was dropped.

A few statistics –

1901 – Only numbers 1 to 46 were built (1900) and of these 13 were unoccupied. All 33 houses with the exception of 1 were occupied by miners. The other house was occupied by a widow of a miner that had been killed in Greyfields Pit in an explosion.

1903 –Numbers 47 to 56 were built.

1911 – All 56 houses occupied. 92 men in coal mining trades, 56 wives, 164 children and 10 others. Total 322 people.

1921 – Coal Mining Strike – 92 men in coal mining trades and out of these 85 were on strike. The miners still working were – Mine Examiner, Blacksmith, Engine man above ground, Boiler Stoker above ground, Haulier (self employed) and Colliery Electrician. These were necessary to prevent the pit flooding.

10 daughters of the miners travelling into Bristol to work in shops.

Photograph of Maynard Terrace from Michael Flower collection

There was some uncertainty if the photograph, supplied by Michael Flower, was of Maynard Terrace. The investigations below prove that it is Maynard Terrace –

From Eric Brain:

That is definitely Maynard Terrace as I remember it from, say, 80 years ago. A very good picture too; it even still showed the footpath behind the hedge to the right of the road. The garden gates were behind the footpath again.

Having zoomed in on the Maynard Terrace photo, I see what you – and Michael Flower mean but I think it is the lens of the camera distorting the long shot. The little porches and the chimney pots are of the “ crown” style made locally - I have one in my garden! . The gap in the houses where the footpath runs through (between 40 and 41?) looks right too.

Houses behind the railway embankment could be Valley View built in early 60s, and Mooresfield and the back of Churchlands farm.

From Alan Gray:

Counting the porches looks to be about 15 from the end of the Terrace until the "gap" which is before the 2nd white painted house with the transformer on the telegraph pole.

From the plans of Maynard Terrace which are on line - this shows the 1st block of houses which runs from No. 9 to No. 16, then the gap, and the 2nd block runs from No. 17 to No. 24 then the drive through gap.

So the photograph shows nos 9 to 16, then the "gap". The first white house is No. 12 and the 2nd white house is No. 17.

You can just see the bottom of Station Road behind the bushes.