Claines

{{Short description|Village and suburb of Worcester in Worcestershire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Use British English|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|52.227899|-2.218678|display=inline,title}} | map_type = Worcestershire | official_name = Claines | static_image = St Johns the Baptist Church, Claines - geograph.org.uk - 5780601.jpg | static_image_caption = St Johns the Baptist Church, Claines | population = 8,219 | population_ref = 2021 Census<ref>{{cite web |title=Claines (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/wards/worcester/E05007884__claines/ |website=citypopulation.de |access-date=8 September 2024}}</ref> | shire_district = Worcester | shire_county = Worcestershire | region = West Midlands | constituency_westminster = Worcester | civil_parish = | post_town = Worcester | postcode_district = WR3 | postcode_area = WR | dial_code = 01905 | os_grid_reference = | london_distance_mi = 133 | london_direction= SE }} '''Claines''' is a village to the north of Worcester, in the Worcester district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. It is located 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. In 1881 the parish had a population of 10,212.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10329942/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Claines Ch/AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=20 August 2023}}</ref> On 30 September 1885 the parish was abolished and split to form North Claines and South Claines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/droitwich.html|title=Droitwich Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=20 August 2023}}</ref> It is now part of the unparished area of Worcester.

The Worcester suburb of Cornmeadow Green, which is adjacent to Claines is generally referred to as Claines, a result of when the area was once historically part of Claines Parish before Worcester expanded and various administrative boundary changes many years ago.

The name Claines derives from the Old English ''clǣgnæss'' meaning 'clay ness' (i.e promontory).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Worcestershire/Claines|title=Claines |website=Key to English Place-Names |publisher=The Institute for Name-Studies |access-date=2 November 2025}}</ref>

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

Pineau De Re, the 2014 Grand National winner, was trained at Claines and is also stabled there. The Claines village name signs were replaced by Worcestershire County Council in 2014 to recognize the win and connection to the village.

==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 Bevere, a small hamlet on the banks of the River Severn, in Claines parish from 1849 to 1863.<ref>Braine, Peter ''The Railway Moon'' pmb publishing, Taunton 2010 p32-36</ref> At the vestry meeting on 24 April 1851 he was elected as Vicar's Churchwarden.<ref>Braine, Peter ''The Railway Moon'' pmb publishing, Taunton 2010 p36</ref> *Cricketer Edward Rowlands (1826–1860) was born here.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7493.html |title=Edward Rowlands |accessdate=30 January 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

== References ==

Category:Villages in Worcestershire Category:Areas of Worcester, England Category:Former civil parishes in Worcestershire