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{{Short description|District of London}}
{{About|the district of London}}
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[[File:Clapham Common North Side.jpg|thumb|[[Clapham Common]] at {{convert|220|acre|ha|abbr=out}}]]
'''Clapham''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|l|æ|p
==History==
===Early history===
The present day Clapham High Street is on the route of a [[Roman roads in Britannia|Roman road]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/services/leisureculture/localhistory/local/ashorthistoryofclaphamandstockwell.htm |title=A Short History of Clapham and Stockwell |publisher=Lambeth.gov.uk |access-date=13 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303102858/http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/LeisureCulture/LocalHistory/Local/AShortHistoryOfClaphamAndStockwell.htm |archive-date=3 March 2013
According to the history of the Clapham family, maintained by the [[College of Heralds]], in 965 King [[Edgar of England]] gave a grant of land at Clapham to Jonas, son of the Duke of Lorraine, and Jonas was thenceforth known as Jonas "de [of] Clapham". The family remained in possession of the land until Jonas's great-great grandson Arthur sided against [[William I of England|William the Conqueror]] during the [[Norman Conquest]] of 1066 and, losing the land, fled to the north (where the Clapham family remained thereafter, primarily in [[Yorkshire]]).{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}
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Clapham's name derives from [[Old English]], meaning 'homestead or enclosure near a hill', with the first recorded usage being ''Cloppaham'' circa 880.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mills |first=A. D. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22983068 |title=A dictionary of English place names |date=1991 |isbn=0-19-869156-4 |location=Oxford [England] |pages=80–81 |oclc=22983068}}</ref>
Clapham appears in [[Domesday Book]] as ''Clopeham''. It was held by Goisfrid (Geoffrey) de Mandeville, and its domesday assets were three [[hide (unit)|hide]]s
The parish comprised {{convert|1233|acre}}. The benefice remains to this day a rectory, and in the 19th century was in the patronage of the [[Atkins baronets|Atkins]] family: the tithes were commuted for £488 14s. in the early 19th century, and so the remaining [[glebe]] comprised only {{convert|11|acre}}
===Clapham in the 17th–19th centuries===
In the late 17th century, large [[English country house|country house]]s began to be built there, and throughout the 18th and early 19th century it was favoured by the wealthier merchant classes of the [[City of London]], who built many large and gracious houses and villas around [[Clapham Common]] and in the Old Town. [[Samuel Pepys]] spent the last two years of his life in Clapham, living with his friend, protected at the Admiralty and former servant [[William Hewer]], until his death in 1703.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZloJAAAAIAAJ&q=%22levett+blackborne%22&pg=PA35 |title=Old Clapham, John William Grover, A. Bachhoffner, London, 1892 |access-date=13 March 2013|last1=Grover |first1=John William |year=1892 }}</ref>
Clapham
Other notable residents of Clapham Common include [[Palace of Westminster]] architect [[Charles Barry|Sir Charles Barry]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://openplaques.org/plaques/121 |title=Sir Charles Barry plaque listing on Open Plaques |publisher=Openplaques.org |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref> Norwegian composer [[Edvard Grieg]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.norway.org.uk/News_and_events/culture/music/griegplaque/ |title=Norway in Britain website Edvard Greig plaque listing |publisher=Norway.org.uk |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref> and 20th century novelist [[Graham Greene]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/news/blue-plaque-for-graham-greene/ |title=English Heritage plaque listing for Graham Greene |publisher=English-heritage.org.uk |date=1 April 2011 |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref> [[John Francis Bentley]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://openplaques.org/plaques/657 |title=John Francis Bentley plaque listing on Open Plaques |publisher=Openplaques.org |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref> architect of [[Westminster Cathedral]], lived in the adjacent Old Town.
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===Local government===
[[File:Wandsworth Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg|thumb|A map showing the Clapham wards of Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916.]]
Clapham was an [[ancient parish]] in the county of
==Geography==
Translated to the postal system, Clapham fills most of SW4 and as defined, at least since the [[Norman Conquest]] until 1885, includes parts of SW8, SW9 and SW12, London. [[Clapham Common]] is shared with the [[London Borough of Wandsworth]] (the border between the two boroughs runs across the common), but Lambeth has responsibility for its management. According to the 2011 census, the Clapham Area has a
Much of southern [[Battersea]] is often incorrectly referred to as Clapham, because of the
==Demography==
According to the
==Clapham Common==
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==Clapham South==
The neighbourhood, where used, derives its name from a [[Clapham South tube station|tube station]]—it has no fixed boundary from the rest of Clapham. Taking any definition in informal use, it is predominantly
==Clapham North==
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==Transport==
As well as an extensive
There are two railway stations in the district on [[London Overground]]'s [[
* [[Clapham High Street railway station|Clapham High Street]]
* [[Wandsworth Road railway station|Wandsworth Road]], then at the following station, Clapham Junction: London Overground's [[
London Underground's [[Northern line]] passes through Clapham, with three stations:
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* [[Clapham South tube station|Clapham South]]
In 2012, the [[London Overground|Overground]] East London
[[Clapham Junction railway station|Clapham Junction]] is one of the major rail [[transport hub]]s and network of [[Junction (rail)|railway junctions]] in England. There are frequent services to [[London Victoria railway station|London Victoria]]
==Shopping==
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==Sport==
*[[Association football|Football]] club [[Clapham Rovers F.C.]], winners of the [[FA Cup]] in 1880, were based in Clapham prior to their move to [[Tooting Bec Common]] at the end of the 1870–71 season.<ref name="Football">{{cite book|last=Marshall|first=Francis|title=Football; the Rugby union game|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_y-VAAAAAIAAJ|author2=R S Whalley|year=1892|publisher=Cassell|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_y-VAAAAAIAAJ/page/n365 349]–350}}</ref>
==Notable former and current residents==
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* [[Pete Phipps]] – singer, songwriter▼
* [[Henry Allingham]] – supercentenarian
* [[Benjamin Franklin]] – American Founding Father
* [[John Amaechi]] – writer, basketball player
* [[Kingsley Amis]] – novelist
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* [[Barry Fantoni]] – musician and author
* [[Sarah, Duchess of York|Sarah Ferguson]] – Royal family member, film producer and aviator
* [[William Gilbert (author)|William Gilbert]] – Author and Royal Navy surgeon
* [[Chad Gould]] – footballer
* [[Graham Greene]] – author
* [[Ainsley Harriott]] – chef
* [[Marea Hartman]]
* [[Lena Headey]] – actress
* [[Gerry Healy]]
* [[George Hibbert]] – slave trader
* [[Damon Hill]] – racing driver
* [[Paul Kaye]]
* [[John Keegan]]
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* [[Alfred Marshall]]
* [[Donald Maxwell (illustrator)]]
*[[Noel McKoy]]
* [[Vera Menchik]] – Women's World Chess Champion<!-- article does not say when? -->
* [[Heather Mills]] – model
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* [[Neil Pearson]] – actor
* [[Samuel Pepys]] – administrator and diarist
▲* [[Pete Phipps]] – singer, songwriter
* [[Anna and Ellen Pigeon]] – mountaineers
* [[Eric Prydz]] – musician
* [[Claude Rains]] – actor
* [[Corin Redgrave]] – actor
* [[Vanessa Redgrave]] – actress
* [[Kelly Reilly]]
* [[Eva Riccobono]] – actress
* [[
* [[
* [[Margot Robbie]] – actress
* [[Natsume Sōseki]]
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* [[Henry Thornton (abolitionist)|Henry Thornton]] – abolitionist
* [[Polly Toynbee]] – journalist
* [[Henry Venn (Clapham Sect)|Henry Venn]] - Curate of Clapham and a founder of the Clapham Sect
* [[Rosina Vokes]] – actress and dancer
* [[Victoria Vokes]] – actress and dancer
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* [[Holly Willoughby]] – television presenter
* [[Patrick Wolf]] – singer-songwriter{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}
* [[Christopher Wood (writer)|Christopher Wood]] – novelist and screenwriter
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==See also==
{{Portal|London}}
* [[St Paul's Church, Clapham]]
* [[Clapham Park]]
* [[Clapham Sect]]
* [[The man on the Clapham omnibus]]
* [[Little Australia]]
==References
{{Reflist|30em}}
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[[Category:Districts of the London Borough of Lambeth]]
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[[Category:Irish diaspora in England]]
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[[Category:Former civil parishes in the London Borough of Wandsworth]]
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