Claverton Genealogical Records
Claverton Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Transcriptions of records from baptism registers. They essentially record births, but may also include places of residence and occupations.
A database of over 76,000 names found in documents held by Bath Archives. It contains extracts from coroners, criminal, non-conformist, poor law and schools records; wills, vaccination registers, rate books, freemen's apprentices and more.
Transcriptions of 255 parish baptism registers. They list children, their parents' names, residences, occupations and sometimes other details.
Transcriptions of copies of parish registers that were compiled for the Bishop of Wells.
Claverton Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Marriage records from people who married at the church between 1752 and 1835.
Marriage records from people who married at the church between 1636 and 1636.
A database of over 76,000 names found in documents held by Bath Archives. It contains extracts from coroners, criminal, non-conformist, poor law and schools records; wills, vaccination registers, rate books, freemen's apprentices and more.
An index of 369,186 Somerset marriages. Condition and residence may be included.
Claverton Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A database of over 76,000 names found in documents held by Bath Archives. It contains extracts from coroners, criminal, non-conformist, poor law and schools records; wills, vaccination registers, rate books, freemen's apprentices and more.
Burial records covering those buried at Blessed Virgin Mary, Claverton_. This resource is an index and may not include all the details that were recorded in the burial registers from which they were extracted.
Transcriptions of around half the parish burial registers for Somerset. They list the name of the deceased, the date of their death and/or burial and sometimes other details, such as age and occupation.
An index to vital details engraved on over 25,000 monuments across the county of Somerset.
Claverton Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
Digital images of books the list people eligible to vote in Somerset. Includes addresses and nature of that address.
An early census of men able to serve in the militia.
Newspapers Covering Claverton
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the Wells area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
Original images of a local newspaper, searchable via a full text index. Includes news from the Bath area, business notices, obituaries, family announcements and more.
A searchable newspaper providing a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Bristol district. Includes obituaries and family announcements.
A single year's run of a newspaper covering the Bristol area. Contains family, business and legal notices among others.
Abstracts of articles published by the Bath Chronicle.
Claverton Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
A database of over 76,000 names found in documents held by Bath Archives. It contains extracts from coroners, criminal, non-conformist, poor law and schools records; wills, vaccination registers, rate books, freemen's apprentices and more.
Summaries of 1,616 wills that may detail family relationships, land ownership and other details.
An index to estate administrations performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The index covers the southern two thirds of England & Wales, but may also contain entries for northerners.
A calendar to wills and admons granted by the Archdeaconry of Leicester. Contains year of the grant, name and residence.
Claverton Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Claverton Military Records
An index to almost 11,000 men connected with Somerset who died during WWI.
An early census of men able to serve in the militia.
A history of the regiment in the run-up to and during the Napoleonic Wars.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Somerset, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Somerset, with some service details.
Claverton Court & Legal Records
A collection of charters, writs, letters, conveyances and other records from the Dean & Chapter of Wells.
A database of over 76,000 names found in documents held by Bath Archives. It contains extracts from coroners, criminal, non-conformist, poor law and schools records; wills, vaccination registers, rate books, freemen's apprentices and more.
Transcripts of a large number of records detailing investigations into deaths.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Claverton Taxation Records
A database of over 76,000 names found in documents held by Bath Archives. It contains extracts from coroners, criminal, non-conformist, poor law and schools records; wills, vaccination registers, rate books, freemen's apprentices and more.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
Claverton Land & Property Records
A collection of charters, writs, letters, conveyances and other records from the Dean & Chapter of Wells.
A database of over 76,000 names found in documents held by Bath Archives. It contains extracts from coroners, criminal, non-conformist, poor law and schools records; wills, vaccination registers, rate books, freemen's apprentices and more.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Poll books record the names of voters and the direction of their vote. Until 1872 only landholders could vote, so not everyone will be listed. Useful for discerning an ancestor's political leanings and landholdings. The collection is supplemented with other records relating to the vote.
Claverton Directories & Gazetteers
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
Claverton Cemeteries
An index to vital details engraved on over 100,000 monuments across the county of Somerset.
Photographs and descriptions of Somerset's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Claverton Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Claverton Histories & Books
Selected issues of a periodical which contains many historical and genealogical tracts relating to the counties of Somerset and Dorset.
A history of Catholicism in South West England with biographies of noted Catholics. Contains details of the Dominican, Benedictine, and Franciscan orders.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and images of churches in Somerset.
A history of turnpikes and tollhouses in Somerset. Includes profiles of individual turnpikes.
Claverton School & Education Records
A database of over 76,000 names found in documents held by Bath Archives. It contains extracts from coroners, criminal, non-conformist, poor law and schools records; wills, vaccination registers, rate books, freemen's apprentices and more.
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
Claverton Occupation & Business Records
A database of over 76,000 names found in documents held by Bath Archives. It contains extracts from coroners, criminal, non-conformist, poor law and schools records; wills, vaccination registers, rate books, freemen's apprentices and more.
Abstracts of apprenticeship indentures initiated by parishes in Somerset. These records provide details on parents' names and occupations.
An introduction to smuggling on the west coast of Britain & the Isle of Man, with details of the act in various regions.
Histories of Somerset pubs, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the south of England.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Claverton
Pedigrees of Somerset gentry families, including depictions of their arms. The book also contains some biographical information.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
Claverton Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
Pedigrees of Somerset gentry families, including depictions of their arms. The book also contains some biographical information.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and descriptions of Somerset's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Claverton Church Records
A collection of charters, writs, letters, conveyances and other records from the Dean & Chapter of Wells.
A database of over 76,000 names found in documents held by Bath Archives. It contains extracts from coroners, criminal, non-conformist, poor law and schools records; wills, vaccination registers, rate books, freemen's apprentices and more.
Abstracts of apprenticeship indentures initiated by parishes in Somerset. These records provide details on parents' names and occupations.
A history of Catholicism in South West England with biographies of noted Catholics. Contains details of the Dominican, Benedictine, and Franciscan orders.
Transcriptions of registers that record baptisms, which typically occur shortly after birth; marriages and burials. They can help establish links between individuals back to the 16th century.
Biographical Directories Covering Claverton
Brief biographies of thousands of notable Somerset men.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
Claverton Maps
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Maps of parishes in England, Scotland and Wales. They are useful in determining which parish records may be relevant to your research.
Claverton Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
CLAVERTON, anciently “Clafordton, " is a parish, bounded on the east by Wiltshire and the river Avon, the village of which lies in a valley surrounded by hills, and is on the road from Bath to Warminster, 3 miles south-east from Bath; it is in the Frome division of the county, eastern division of the hundred of Hampton and Claverton, but locally in the hundred of Bath Forum, Weston petty sessional division, Bath union and county court district, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath and Wells. The Konnet and Avon Canal passes through the parish. The church of St. Mary is a building of stone, in the Later Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, north aisle, south porch and a western tower containing 4 bells: several of the windows are stained; the church was restored in 1858, and in 1893 a new vestry was built: there are sittings for 180 persons; the churchyard, enlarged in 1889, by the late H. D. Skrine esq. contains the pyramidal tomb of Ralph Allen esq. who built Prior Park Mansion, and was the friend of Pope, and the benefactor of Fielding, who immortalised him in his novel “Tom Jones, ’’ under the name of Squire Allworthy; in the churchyard under the west wall were buried three soldiers of the Parliamentary army, killed in the skirmish mentioned below. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £141, with residence, in the gift of the trustees of the late H. D. tSkrine esq. and held since 1898 by the Rev. J. Roland Davis M.A. of Cambridge University. The Rev. Richard Graves M.A. born at Mickleton, Glos. 4th May, 1715, educated at Abingdon School, Berks, 1728—30; and at Pembroke College, Oxford, 1732—6, was rector of this church (the advowson of which he purchased in 1767) from 1748 till 1804. He was a Fellow of All Souls’ College, Oxford, 1736—47, and the author of a number of works, chiefly poetical, but is best known by his “Spiritual Quixote,” a “comic romance” in imitation of Cervantes, intended as a satire on the evangelising progresses of the early Methodists; he died at the rectory, 23 Nov. 1804.
In or about 1550 the manor, which had been held by John de Villula, Bishop of Bath and Wells, was granted to Matthew Coulthurst, of Wardour Castle, Wilts, and it was subsequently held by the Hungerford, Estcourt and Holder families, and in 1714 was sold by Richard Holder esq. to William Skrine esq. of Bath, whose son, in 1758 disposed of it to Ralph Allen esq. of Prior Park. Near the church is a noble flight of stone steps, which formerly led up to the old manor house, a fine example of the Tudor style, now destroyed. In June, 1643, this place was the scene of an encounter between the Royalists and the Parliamentary forces under Sir William Waller and his lieutenant, Major Dowett, in which the latter was defeated and driven to Bath and Batheaston. Some distance north of the town, on Hampton Down, is Hampton Camp, bounded on the east by a cliff, and on the other three sides by a dyke, the space inclosed being about 80 acres; the Wansdyke from Bath runs to the north of the camp; about two miles further north, occupying a plateau on the summit of a distinct and partially escarped hill, is Salisbury camp, and south of it runs the “Via Julia” or Roman road from Bath (“Aquae Sulis ’’) to Cirencester (“Corinium”). Claverton Down Hall, built in 1898, belongs to the Congregationalists. The trustees of the late Henry Duncan Skrine esq. (d. 1901), are the principal landowners. The Manor House is a fine mansion seated on an eminence commanding extensive views of the surrounding country. The soil is clayey; the subsoil is stone. The chief crops are barley and oats. The area is 1,222 acres of land and 23 of water; rateable value, £4,223; the population, in 1901 was 499.
National School, built in 1897, at the cost of H. D. Skrine esq. for 70 children; average attendance, 46.
Most Common Surnames in Claverton
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Hampton and Claverton Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Osmond | 10 | 1:25 | 4.31% | 387 |
| 1 | Patch | 10 | 1:25 | 5.49% | 499 |
| 3 | Owen | 9 | 1:28 | 3.73% | 377 |
| 3 | Box | 9 | 1:28 | 5.42% | 542 |
| 5 | Morgan | 8 | 1:31 | 0.94% | 69 |
| 6 | Poole | 7 | 1:36 | 0.98% | 90 |
| 6 | Coward | 7 | 1:36 | 4.27% | 555 |
| 6 | Cann | 7 | 1:36 | 6.42% | 832 |
| 9 | Newman | 6 | 1:42 | 1.19% | 157 |
| 9 | May | 6 | 1:42 | 1.41% | 191 |
| 9 | Hancock | 6 | 1:42 | 0.95% | 110 |
| 9 | Selman | 6 | 1:42 | 20.69% | 2,369 |
| 9 | Mulcock | 6 | 1:42 | 50.00% | 4,036 |
| 14 | Watson | 5 | 1:50 | 2.98% | 537 |
| 14 | King | 5 | 1:50 | 0.36% | 25 |
| 14 | Harvey | 5 | 1:50 | 0.52% | 58 |
| 14 | Pearce | 5 | 1:50 | 0.39% | 32 |
| 14 | Harding | 5 | 1:50 | 0.47% | 51 |
| 14 | Ashton | 5 | 1:50 | 7.14% | 1,253 |
| 14 | Bainton | 5 | 1:50 | 22.73% | 2,826 |
| 21 | Harris | 4 | 1:63 | 0.19% | 12 |
| 21 | Morris | 4 | 1:63 | 0.57% | 98 |
| 21 | Perry | 4 | 1:63 | 0.27% | 19 |
| 21 | Smart | 4 | 1:63 | 1.05% | 219 |
| 21 | Manning | 4 | 1:63 | 1.02% | 212 |
| 21 | Humphries | 4 | 1:63 | 1.06% | 224 |
| 21 | Spanswick | 4 | 1:63 | 66.67% | 6,245 |
| 21 | Waldy | 4 | 1:63 | 66.67% | 6,245 |
| 29 | Phillips | 3 | 1:84 | 0.28% | 50 |
| 29 | Collins | 3 | 1:84 | 0.31% | 59 |
| 29 | Fisher | 3 | 1:84 | 0.50% | 115 |
| 29 | Grant | 3 | 1:84 | 0.73% | 200 |
| 29 | Wiltshire | 3 | 1:84 | 1.02% | 300 |
| 29 | Mould | 3 | 1:84 | 8.57% | 2,081 |
| 29 | Oxenham | 3 | 1:84 | 4.29% | 1,253 |
| 29 | Dill | 3 | 1:84 | 25.00% | 4,036 |
| 29 | Freestun | 3 | 1:84 | 100.00% | 8,898 |
| 38 | Smith | 2 | 1:126 | 0.05% | 1 |
| 38 | Cole | 2 | 1:126 | 0.35% | 124 |
| 38 | Read | 2 | 1:126 | 0.39% | 153 |
| 38 | Tucker | 2 | 1:126 | 0.11% | 13 |
| 38 | Sutherland | 2 | 1:126 | 13.33% | 3,536 |
| 38 | Giles | 2 | 1:126 | 0.39% | 150 |
| 38 | Hallett | 2 | 1:126 | 0.33% | 118 |
| 38 | Ferris | 2 | 1:126 | 0.88% | 400 |
| 38 | Ashford | 2 | 1:126 | 0.73% | 327 |
| 38 | Wilton | 2 | 1:126 | 1.11% | 504 |
| 38 | Whale | 2 | 1:126 | 12.50% | 3,399 |
| 38 | Warman | 2 | 1:126 | 1.89% | 858 |
| 38 | Fudge | 2 | 1:126 | 1.18% | 534 |
| 38 | Collar | 2 | 1:126 | 50.00% | 7,808 |
| 38 | Fackrell | 2 | 1:126 | 4.08% | 1,627 |
| 38 | Pratton | 2 | 1:126 | 22.22% | 4,797 |
| 38 | Lydyard | 2 | 1:126 | 20.00% | 4,470 |
| 55 | Williams | 1 | 1:251 | 0.04% | 4 |
| 55 | White | 1 | 1:251 | 0.03% | 3 |
| 55 | Baker | 1 | 1:251 | 0.03% | 2 |
| 55 | Richardson | 1 | 1:251 | 0.67% | 611 |
| 55 | Cox | 1 | 1:251 | 0.04% | 8 |
| 55 | Gill | 1 | 1:251 | 0.25% | 206 |
| 55 | Long | 1 | 1:251 | 0.14% | 89 |
| 55 | Alexander | 1 | 1:251 | 0.74% | 676 |
| 55 | Owens | 1 | 1:251 | 0.71% | 649 |
| 55 | Coleman | 1 | 1:251 | 0.26% | 219 |
| 55 | Howell | 1 | 1:251 | 0.23% | 182 |
| 55 | Nichols | 1 | 1:251 | 0.48% | 444 |
| 55 | Whitaker | 1 | 1:251 | 1.37% | 1,214 |
| 55 | Charles | 1 | 1:251 | 1.37% | 1,214 |
| 55 | Pool | 1 | 1:251 | 0.72% | 665 |
| 55 | Mitchel | 1 | 1:251 | 2.63% | 1,965 |
| 55 | Timmins | 1 | 1:251 | 25.00% | 7,808 |
| 55 | Cuff | 1 | 1:251 | 0.85% | 781 |
| 55 | Milsom | 1 | 1:251 | 0.61% | 559 |
| 55 | Parke | 1 | 1:251 | 7.69% | 3,842 |
| 55 | Maslin | 1 | 1:251 | 4.35% | 2,758 |
| 55 | Dinham | 1 | 1:251 | 0.73% | 669 |
| 55 | Bindon | 1 | 1:251 | 0.78% | 711 |
| 55 | McLoughlan | 1 | 1:251 | 100.00% | 12,126 |
| 55 | Milles | 1 | 1:251 | 100.00% | 12,126 |
| 55 | Gamor | 1 | 1:251 | 100.00% | 12,126 |