Crathornes from the 1900s onwards

By 1900 (actually the 1881 and 1891 Censuses) there were just two main Crathorne tribes in England using the spelling Crathorne or Crathorn.  One was in the Beverley / Hull area of south-east Yorkshire, and the other in Birmingham (Warwickshire / Worcestershire) as the two maps below show:

Upper map from the Public Profiler website (1881); lower Map from Ancestry.com (1891)

However, the story gets a bit more complicated when you look at the Craythornes (with a 'y') as these have their stronghold in the south-east Midlands, especially Leicestershire and Northamptonshire:  

Upper map from the Public Profiler website (1881); lower Map from Ancestry.com (1891)

And when you look at the Cratherns, they are almost all found around London:  

Upper map from the Public Profiler website (1881); lower Map from Ancestry.com (1891)

A century later and Crathornes, Craythornes and Cratherns have all spread further afield! Crathornes are again strong in Yorkshire and Durham as well as the Midlands, with outlying tribes in Kent and south Devon. Craythornes are more widespread still, in the Midlands, Lancashire, London and Cornwall. And Cratherns have moved out of London to the surrounding counties - and to Manchester.

Crathorne Map above 
from the Public Profiler website (1998)

Craythorne Map above 
from the Public Profiler website (1998)

Crathern Map above 
from the Public Profiler website (1998)

There are further fascinating facts at the Public Profiler surname website, such as:

• There were 119 Crathornes, 97 Craythornes and 40 Cratherns in the 1881 Census, but by 1998 there were 146 Crathornes, 257 Craythornes and 120 Cratherns.

• Top centres in 1881 were Hull for Crathorne, Leicester for Craythorne and Enfield for Crathern.  But by 1998 these had changed to Durham for Crathorne, Slough for Craythorne and Southend-on-Sea for Crathern. 

• The largest social characteristic group in the UK is 'Golden Empty Nesters' for Crathorne, 'South Asian Industry' (!) for Craythorne  and 'Original Suburbs' for Crathern. 

Crathornes had also emigrated from England to other countries, with thriving tribes of various spellings in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States of America.

Click on the 'Origins' tab above to go to the Genesis page showing how the Crathornes began. The 'Pre-1600' tab below goes to the Exodus page, showing how different lines of Crathornes spread across the country in the 1500s.  The '1600-1900' tab tracks Crathorne movements over 3 centuries, and the 'Post-1900' tab shows maps of Crathornes at the 1881 and 1891 Censuses compared with 1998.