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  • DIARY OF EVENTS FOR 2013

    All meetings are held on Thursdays in Clent Parish Hall, Church Avenue, commencing at 8.00 p.m. Small admission charge which includes tea/coffee biscuits. Non-members are welcome . Under 16s are free!   Talks Thursday…

  • More findings from the Poor Law Archives; Debts and Lunatics

    As some of you will know the National Archives at Kew has digitised a tranche of documents relating to the Bromsgrove Poor Law Union of which Clent was a part. These are fully searchable…

  • Catch the last coach from Clent

    During the History Day, held in Nov 2012 one of our visitors spoke fondly of holidays she had spent in Clent as a child. She remembered the chalets in the Clatterbach area opposite the…

  • Notes on the Two Earliest Parish Registers (June 1959)

    This extract from The Archives was sent to the Parish Magazine on 10/10/2006 by John Partington. John, now retired from the post, was at that time Chairman of Clent History Society. Following our successful…

  • 11th November 2012: History & Archive Open Day

    Sunday 11th. November 11-4 pm. Clent Parish Hall, Church Ave, Clent. Entrance :  £2.  (Accompanied children free) Refreshments:  50p – Tea/coffee/ biscuits. Directions from Bromsgrove – A449. Take left turn into Clent village. Turn…

  • 11th November – Clent History & Archive Day

      A date for your diary: Clent Village Hall 11/11/12 . Don’t miss a chance to see our displays and to access archive material on a whole range of topics. We hold this event…

  • 25th October – Ironbridge and Coalbrookdale – Brian Draper

    Thursday 25th October 8pm Clent Parish Hall, Church Avenue Autumn is a busy time for us at Clent History Society. This season’s meetings started well in September when Anthony Collins talked to us about…

  • Clent Village Phone box

    Society Chairman, Paul Timmins, saves one of Clent’s original Red Phone Boxes and converts it into a book shop.

  • THE QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE

    HISTORY IN THE MAKING! The Village of Clent will be celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, from Friday 1st June – Monday 4th June. We will be there. Will you? * You can find Clent…