Maynard Terrace
Postcard – Clutton History Group
Maynard Terrace (post 1903)
Postcard – Clutton History Group
For March 2009 street view click here
For March 2009 street view click here
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.
1903 Ordnance Survey Map – Note the spelling Maynard’s Terrace.
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.