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OS grid reference
  
SO855585

Country
  
England

Postcode district
  
WR

Local time
  
Monday 10:26 AM

Dialling code
  
01905

Region
  
West Midlands

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

EU Parliament
  
West Midlands

Shire county
  
Worcestershire

Post town
  
Worcester

Claines

Weather
  
8°C, Wind NW at 14 km/h, 72% Humidity

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Claines is a small village just to the north of Worcester, England, on the east bank of the River Severn. Claines is situated in the heart of Worcestershire on the A449 between Worcester and Kidderminster. It has a church which dates from the 10th Century.

Contents

Map of Claines, Worcester, UK

Claines is known for The Mug House, one of only two pubs in a churchyard in England.

Notable People

  • Richard Moon (1814–1899) Chairman of the London and North Western Railway from June 1861 until he retired on 22 February 1891. He lived in Beverie, a small hamlet on the banks of the River Severn, in Claines parish from 1849 to 1863. At the vestry meeting on 24 April 1851 he was elected as Vicar's Churchwarden.
  • Cricketer Edward Rowlands (1826-1860) was born here.

    • References

    Claines Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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