DESCRIPTION

The village of Clowne lies 9 miles north-east of Chesterfield and 7 miles south-west of Worksop. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book under the spelling Clune. The name is derived from the Celtic name Clun for a river, there being the source of a river nearby.

Nothing much remains of the old village, except for the medieval cross and the church. A great deal was demolished to make way for the late Victorian houses which were built to house the miners when large quantities of coal were discovered beneath the village. The sinking of the deep mine brought an influx of workers and their families from elsewhere, thus the need for more substantial housing and shops. Until then, inhabitants had worked the shallow coal seams, whilst others were employed at the mill, which manufactured candle-wick, sacking and sail-cloth.

The church of St. John the Baptist, standing on an ancient ridgeway, dates from Norman times with its fine south doorway and chancel arch of that period. It was partially rebuilt in the Early English and Perpendicular periods. The Norman chancel was rebuilt and enlarged in 1955 when two side chapels were added, one being a miners' chapel dedicated to those who lost their lives in the coal mines.

The registers which date from 1558 have been deposited at the County Record Office

LIST of SURNAMES from the Inscriptions

A---RRY	ADAMS	ADAMSON	ADIN	AINER
ALBERRY	ALDER	ALLANSON	ALLCOCK	ALLEN
ALLETSON	ALLFREE	ALLSOP(P)	ALLUM	ALSTON
ALVERRY	ANDREWS	ANGLESCA	ANSTED	ARCHER
ARTHUR(S)	ASHLEY	ASHMORE	ASKEW	ASTLEY
ATKINS	ATTWOOD	BAGSHAW	BAILEY	BALL
BAMFORTH	BANNISTER	BARNES	BARRETT	BASSELDINE
BATEMAN	BATTY	BEAN	BEASTALL	BEAUMONT
BECK	BEECH	BEESTON	BELL	BEND
BENNETT	BEVIS	BIGGIN	BILBY	BILSON
BILZON	BINGHAM	BIRD	BIRKETT	BLACKMORE
BLAKEMORE	BLOCKLEY	BOAM	BODEN	BOFFEY
BOLUS	BONSOR	BOOTH	BORROWS	BOSSLEY
BOTTOM	BOURNE	BOWER	BOWLER	BRABYN
BRADDER	BRADLEY	BRAID	BRAY	BREEDON
BREEZE	BRENE	BRENNAN	BRETTLE	BREWSTER
BRIGGS	BRIGHTY	BROCKLEHURST	BROMEHEAD	BROUGH
BROWN	BUCKINGHAM	BUCKLE	BUCKLEY	BUCKNELL
BUE	BULLOCK	BUNFIELD	BURGIN	BURNELL
BURNETT	BURTON	BUSBY	BUTKERAITIS	BUXTON
BYRNE	CALLIER	CALOW	CAMERON	CAMPBELL
CANDLIN	CARLIN	CARRINGTON	CARTWRIGHT	CASTLE
CAWKWELL	CAWOOD	CAWTHORNE	CHALLAND	CHAMBERS
CHANTRY	CHARLESWORTH	CHAWNER	CHOWN	CLARKE(E)
CLAYTON	CLEAVE	CLEGG	CLIFFORD	CLIFTON
COALWOOD	COCKAYNE	COLBOURNE	COLCLOUGH	COLE
COLLINS	COOK(E)	COOLING	COOPER	COPE
CORKER	COTON	COUPE	COWELL	COWLEY
CRANE	CRELLO	CROSS	CROW	CROWDER
CULLABINE	CURRY	CUTHBERT	CUTLER	DAKIN
DARBY	DARWOOD	DAUBNEY	DAUGHTEY	DAVENPORT
DAVI(E)S	DAWSON	DAY	DE HUNDMANBY	DE LAMLEY
DE MALUGHTON	DE MASSINGTON	DE MAVELTON	DE RAWCLIFFE	DE RUSTON
DE WELTON	DE WILFORD	DE WIPERES	DE-MONTI	DEAKIN
DEANE(E)	DENHAM	DENNIS	DEWIS	DEXTER
DIAL	DICKENS0N	DIXON	DOBBS	DOLBY
DONNE	DOOLEY	DORRICOTT	DOUGHTY	DRIFFIELD
DRIFFILL	DRING	DRINKWATER	DUNNIN	DYSON
DZIAKIEWILZ	EASON	EASTWOOD	EATON	EDEES
EDWARDS	ELLIOTT	ELLIS	ENGLAND	ENGLISH
EVANS	F0Y(E)	FARROW	FEARN	FEATHERSTON(E)
FELL	FELLS	FENTON	FISHER	FLETCHER
FLOWERS	FORREST	FOSTER	FOX	FRANCERS
FRANKS	FREEMAN	FRENCH	FROGGATT	FROST
FULLWOOD	GASCOIGNE	GAUNT	GAUNTLEY	GEARS
GIBBS	GILL	GILLATT	GILMAN	GILMORE
GISBORNE	GLOSSOP	GLOVER	GODDARD	GOODWIN
GORDON	GRAHAM	GRAINGER	GRANT	GRAY
GREASBY	GREASLEY	GREATOREX	GREAVES	GREEN
GREGORY	GRENNHALGH	GRETTON	GREV(E)SON	GRIGGS
GROVES	GRUNDY	GUEST-WILLIAMS	GULLIFORD	GUNBY
HADFIELD	HAGENHULL	HALL	HALLAM	HALLATT
HALSALL	HAMER	HAMMOND	HANDE	HANFORD
HARDING	HARDWICK	HARDY	HARLOW	HARRIS
HARRISON	HART	HARVEY	HASLAM	HASSALL
HATFIELD	HAWLEY	HAYES	HAYFORD	HAYWOOD
HEADWORTH	HEAP	HEATHCOTE	HEAVEY	HELLAWELL
HELPS	HEMMING(S)	HENDLEY	HENDRY	HENSHAW
HENSON	HERRING	HEWETT	HIBBARD	HICKMAN
HIDES/YDES	HIGGINBOTTOM	HILL	HOLDEN	HOLMES
HOLT	HOPKINSON	HORRELL	HOULDSWORTH	HOUSLEY
HOVELL	HOWARD	HOWE	HUDSON	HUGHES
HUNT	HUPTON	HUTCHINGS	HUTTON	INGRAM
INSKYPE	JACKSON	JACOBS	JACQUES	JAGO
JAMES	JARVIS	JENKINSON	JEPSON	JOHNSON
JONES	JOWETT	JUREWICZ	KEELING	KEETLEY
KEETON	KELLAND	KELWICK	KENDALL	KENYON
KERNICK	KERSHAW	KILBOURNE	KILLAWEE	KING
KIRBY	KIRK	KOZIOC	LAMBERT	LANCASTER
LANGHAM	LATHER	LAVERACK	LAWLEY	LAYHE
LEADBEATER	LEAFE	LEARY	LEDGER	LEE
LEVERICK	LEWIS	LEXE	LEYASTER	LIDDY
LILLEY	LIMB	LINDLEY	LISTER	LOCK
LOMAS	LONG	LONGBOTTOM	LONGDEN	LOW
LOWDE	LOWTHER	LUDLOW	MACE	MACHEN/IN
MACKROW	MALCOLM	MALLEN	MALLENDER	MALLETT
MANDEVILL	MANSBRIDGE	MANSER	MANTON	MARKHAM
MARSHALL	MARTIN	MASON	MASTERS	MATE
MATHER	MAXFILD	MELBOURNE	MELLORS	MENNELL
MEW	MIDDLETON	MILLARD	MILNER	MILWARD
MINOR	MITCHELL	MOODY	MOORE	MORGAN
MORRIS	MORTON	MOSLEY	MUMBY	MUNRO
McARDLE	McMILLAN	NAUGHTON	NELMES	NEWTON
NICHOLSON	NIXON	NOBLE	NORBON	NORMAN
NOUCH	NOWILL	NUTTYCOMBE	O'BRIEN	OATES
ODDY	OLDFIELD	OLIVER	ORWIN	OSBORN
OVER	OWEN	OXLEY	PACEY	PADDY
PALMER	PANTON	PARKER	PARKINSON	PARR
PARTON	PASHLEY	PAT(T)ERSON	PATTISON	PAWSEY
PAYNE	PEARCE	PEARS	PEARSON	PEGG
PEPPER	PETTINGER	PHILLIPS	PICKERING	PIGOTT
PIKE	PLAISTER	PLANT	PLATTS	PLUMB
POOLE	PORTALL	PORTER	POTTS	POW
PRESSWOOD	PROFFITT	PROVIN(E)S	PURDY	PURSER
PYNEGAN	QUIBELL	RADFORD	RAINS	RAISBECK
RAISON	RANDALL	RAWSON	REA	REDDISH
REDFERN	REEVES	REVILL	REYNOLDS	RHODES
RICHARDSON	RIDLEY	RILEY	RIMMINGTON	ROBB
ROBERTS	ROBINSON	ROBOTHAM	RODGERS	ROLLETT
ROOPE	ROSE	ROSSON	ROTHERHAM	RUSHFOTH
RUSS	RUSSELL	SAGAR	SALVIN	SANDERS
SANDERSON	SANGWELL	SAVAGE	SCARBOROUGH	SCOTT
SEAMAN	SELBY	SESTON	SHACKLOCK	SHANNON
SHARDLOW	SHARMAN	SHARPE	SHAUGHNESSY	SHAW
SHELDON	SHEPHARD/ERD	SHERWIN	SHIELDS	SIDEBOTTOM
SIDWELL	SIM(M)S	SIMMONETTE	SIMMONS	SIMPSON
SKELTON	SLATER	SMITH	SNEDDON	SNOW
SPAVOLD	SPENCER	SPERRY	SPOONER	STABLES
STAMPER	STANDELL	STANTON	STATON	STEEL
STEERS	STEPHENSON	STEVENS	STIMPSON	STOCK(S)
STONES	STOREY	STRAW	STREETON	STREETS
STURGESS	STURMAN	SUDBURY	SUGGIT	SUTHERLAND
SWALLOW	SWETHING	SWIFT	SWINBURN	SYKES
TAGG	TALBOT	TAOR	TAYLOR	THOM
THOMESON	THOMPSON	TIDMARSH	TINDALL	TODD
TOMLINSON	TOMPKIN	TORR	TORRY	TRANTER
TRUMAN	TURLEY	TURNER	TUXFORD	TYLER
VARLEY	VARNEY	W(H)ILD(E)	WADE	WAKEFIELD
WALKER	WALLER	WALVIN	WAPLINGTON	WARD
WARNER	WARREN	WARRENER	WASS	WATERHOUSE
WATKINS	WATKINSON	WAUGH	WEAVER	WEBSTER
WELLS	WEST	WESTHALL	WETTON	WHELPDALE
WHITE	WHITEHEAD	WHITEHOUSE	WHITER	WHITTAKER
WHYDLE	WIDDOWSON	WIGG	WIGMORE	WIGNELL
WILBOURN	WILBY	WILCOCK	WILCOX	WILKINSON
WILLIAMS	WILLOUBY	WILMOT	WILSON	WINDLE
WINNARD	WOMBLE	WONNACOTT	WOOD	WOODFORD
WOODHEAD	WOODINGS	WOODS	WOODWARD	WOODYATT
WOOL(L)EY	WOOLLERTON	WRIGHT	YATES	YEOMANS
YOUNG

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