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The Clayton surname seems very common in the Birmingham area.
I have Birmingham Claytons on my family tree - though as they are not direct ancestors of mine, I haven't done much research on them as yet. They don't match any of the names already mentioned.
There were two canal carrying companies with the name Clayton -
-Fellows, Morton and Clayton, who specialised in long distance canal traffic, particularly between London and Birmingham, and between the Midlands and the North West. They had a yard in Fazeley Street, Birmingham, but I think the company's head office may have been in London.
This company was nationalised in the 1940's and was incorporated into British Waterways.
- Thomas Clayton, of Oldbury, a much smaller company, which stayed independent and traded until approximately 1970, latterly specialising in the transport of oil and gas tar mainly between the Midlands and the North West.
Note that the Clayton name in both instances was the name of one of the principle directors of the company, and not one of the boatmen.
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