Claines Worcestershire Family History Guide

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Claines is an Ancient Parish in the county of Worcestershire, formerly a chapelry to St. Helen’s, Worcester, being divided into several tythings, including the ancient manor of Northwick, but in 1218 it became a separate parish.

Other places in the parish include: Fernhill Heath, Bevere, Northwick, Astwood, Tolladine, Perdiswell, North Claines, Whitstones, and South Claines.

Church: St. John

Parish registers begin: 1538

Nonconformists in Claines include: Countess of Huntingdon Methodist, Protestant Dissenters, and Wesleyan Methodist Association.

Adjacent Parishes

Claines Parish Registers

Search online registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials including digitised images of original records and registers and indexed transcriptions.

Claines, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

Claines, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1812-1922

Claines, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1947

Claines, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1997

The following Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, hosted by Findmypast, are a collection of transcriptions created by the Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry.

Claines St John the Baptist Monumental Inscriptions 1577-1978

Marriage Licences and Allegations

London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869

The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.

Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.

Barker, Thomas, of Gray’s Inn, esq., bachelor, about 40, and Mrs. Elizabeth Talbot, of Claynes, co. Worcester, widow, about 30— at Claynes aforesaid. 16 May, 1667. V.

Butler, Richard, of Claynes, co. Worcester, gent., alleges the marriage of Richard Butler jun., of same, bachelor, 28, and Lucy Cowcher, of same, spinster, 23, her parents dead — at Claynes aforesaid or … . 19 Feb. 1680/1. F.

Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887

Claines Parish Records

Claines Worcestershire Quarter Session Records

Bankrupts

Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Edmunds Abraham, Claines, Worcestershire, timber merchant, Aug. 29, 1828.

Evans Joseph, Claines, Worcestershire, horse dealer, April 9, 1833.

Hooking Valentine. Claines, Worcestershire, builder, March 19, 1830.

Historical Directory Transcriptions

Claines North with Fernhill Heath Bevere Northwick Astwood Tolladine Littleburys Directory 1905

Claines Worcestershire Littlebury’s Directory 1879

Claines 1855 (with the Hamlets of Northwick, Fernhill Heath and Perdiswell)

Claines Lewis Worcestershire Directory 1820

Parish History

Claines

Claines The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CLAINES, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Droitwich district, Worcestershire. The village stands amid charming environs, near the West Midland railway, the river Severn, and the Worcester and Birmingham canal, 2 miles N by E of Worcester. The parish includes also the tything of Whistones; which lies within the city of Worcester, and forms an extensive suburb. Post town, Worcester. Acres, 4,813. Real property, £29,189; of which £2,700 are in gas-works. Pop., 8,106. Houses, 1,716. The property is subdivided.

Perdiswell is the seat of Sir O. Wakeman, Bart. Bevere is a handsome seat on an island in the Severn, supposed to have been a beaver colony. A priory of white nuns was founded within Whistones tything prior to 1255; and given, at the dissolution, to Richard Callowhill. The mansion of White Ladies rose out of the nunnery; was visited, in 1585, by Queen Elizabeth; has often been confounded with the mansion of the same name which gave shelter to Charles II. after the battle of Worcester; and contains the bed and cup used by Elizabeth at her visit.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £180. Patron, Sir O. Wakeman, Bart. The church is later English. St. George’s p. curacy is a separate charge; in the patronage of the vicar. The church is in St. George’s square, Worcester; and was built at a cost of £3,345. Barbourne p. curacy also is a separate charge. There are a national school and some charities. The sub-district contains only part of Claines parish, but contains also ten other parishes and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 16,782. Pop., 7,465. Houses, 1,626.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Claines Universal British Directory 1791

Claines, a village about two miles from Worcester, is a very large parish, and has several elegant well-built mansions. That at Perdeswell, the seat of Henry Wakeman, Esq. lately erected, is built with free-stone. At the entrance, on each side the gate, are two carved figures, one representing plenty, and the other commerce, or navigation. The Blankets (which took its name from the ancient occupier Agnes Blanket) is a strong brick-built mansion. Rose-place, pleasantly situated adjoining the Birmingham road, has many good edifices. Anciently, Claines was only a chapelry to St. Helen’s, in Worcester: the church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist.

Source: Universal British Directory 1791

Read more about the history of Claines

Claines Worcestershire Delineated C. And J. Greenwood 1822

Claines Laird Description Of Worcestershire 1814

Bevere Universal British Directory 1791

The island of Bevere, on the river Severn, is memorable for having defended the citizens of Worcester, in the reign of Hardicanute, from the ravages of his troops, who destroyed the city, on which island they remained five days; and in 1637 it became an asylum for them in time of a pestilence. Here are the seats, among others, of the Rev. Dr. Nash and John Hall, Esq. The water-works, from which the city of Worcester is supplied, has a lofty reservoir, one hundred feet in height, lately erected, on the top of which, for ornament, are placed canon.

Source: Universal British Directory 1791

Hawford Worcestershire Delineated C. and J. Greenwood 1822

Hawford, 3 miles from Worcester, on the Kidderminster road, the residence of William Welch, Esq.

Source: Worcestershire Delineated: Being a Topographical Description of Each Parish, Chapelry, Hamlet, &c. In the County; with the distances and bearings from their respective market towns, &c. By C. and J. Greenwood. Printed by T. Bensley, Crane Court, Fleet Street, London, 1822.

Hawford Laird Description of Worcestershire 1814

Hawford, a small village, lies to the westward of this (Hinlip) about two miles. Here is the junction of the Salwarp and Severn, and of the Droitwich Canal; with bridges on the high road to Kidderminster.

There is a very handsome seat here belonging to Mr. Welsh, a gentleman of large fortune, who is turning the highroad at his own expense, in order to render it not only more commodious for the public, but also to throw it at a greater distance from the rear of his own house and offices. The house stands upon a high bank; and on the opposite side is another, with the river and canal flowing between, both handsomely dotted with clumps, well backed by plantations, and possessing some very fine views both of home and distant scenery.

The botanist, in this neighbourhood, will find much amusement, particularly a very curious species of the hoary plantane, plantago media, or lamb’s tongue, diversified with stripes of a bright straw colour.

Source: A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Worcester, by Mr. Laird. Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster Row; and George Cowie and Co. successors to Vernor, Hood, and Sharp, 31, Poultry, London. Printed circa 1814.

Hawford Universal British Directory 1791

Hawford, on the Shrewsbury road, situated on a hill, has many sumptuous buildings, commanding a fine view of the valleys, and the windings of the Droitwich canal, over which is a handsome bridge.

Source: Universal British Directory 1791

Perdiswell Hall

Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Perdiswell Hall, the seat of Sir O. Wakeman, Bart., in Claines parish, Worcestershire; 1 mile NNE of Worcester.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Administration

  • County: Worcestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Droitwich
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Worcester
  • Rural Deanery: Worcester
  • Poor Law Union: Droitwich
  • Hundred: Oswaldslow; Worcester Borough
  • Province: Canterbury
  • County Court District: Worcester
  • Petty Sessional Division: Worcester