Editing Clapham

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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|əm}}) is a district in [[south London|south west London]], England, lying mostly within the [[London Borough of Lambeth]], but with some areas (including [[Clapham Common]]) extending into the neighbouring [[London Borough of Wandsworth]].

==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  }}</ref> The road is recorded on a Roman monumental stone found nearby. According to its inscription, the stone was erected by a man named Vitus Ticinius Ascanius. It is estimated to date from the 1st century AD. (The stone  was discovered during building works at Clapham Common South Side in 1912. It is now placed by the entrance of the former Clapham Library, in the Old Town.)<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1080492|desc=Roman Altar in forecourt of number 1 (public library)|access-date=9 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/hedgiecc/5690237380/ |title=Photograph of Roman stone at Clapham Library |date=5 May 2011 |publisher=Flickr.com |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>

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}}

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, six [[Carucate|plough]]s, and {{convert|5.0|acre}} of [[meadow]]. It rendered £7&nbsp;10s&nbsp;0d, and was located in [[Brixton (hundred)|Brixton hundred]].<ref>[http://www.gwp.enta.net/surrnames.htm Surrey Domesday Book] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715015325/http://www.gwp.enta.net/surrnames.htm |date=15 July 2007 }}</ref>

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&nbsp;14s. in the early 19th century, and so the remaining [[glebe]] comprised only {{convert|11|acre}} as of 1848. The church, on the site of the current [[St Paul's Church, Clapham|St Paul's]] and belonging to [[Merton Priory]] was, with the exception of the north aisle which was left standing for the performance of burials, taken down under an act of parliament in 1774.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Clackheaton – Clare {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp616-620#h3-0014 |access-date=5 June 2022 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref> A new church, [[Holy Trinity Church, Clapham|Holy Trinity]], was erected in the following year at an expense of £11,000 ({{Inflation|UK|11000|1774|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}), on the north side of the common.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50879 |title=Clackheaton – Clare |author=Samuel Lewis (publisher) |author-link=Samuel Lewis (publisher) |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1848 |work=A Topographical Dictionary of England |access-date=4 November 2014 }}</ref>

===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 was also home to [[Elizabeth Batts Cook|Elizabeth Cook]], the widow of [[Captain James Cook]] the explorer. She lived in a house at 136 Clapham High Street<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boroughphotos.org/lambeth/elizabeth-cooks-house-136-clapham-high-street-clapham/ |title=Elizabeth Cook’s house, 136 Clapham High Street, Clapham |publisher=London Borough of Lambeth |access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref> for many years following the death of her husband.

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.

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the [[Clapham Sect]] were a group of wealthy City merchants (mostly [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] [[Anglican]]) social [[reform movement|reformers]] who lived around the Common. They included [[William Wilberforce]], [[Henry Thornton (abolitionist)|Henry Thornton]] and [[Zachary Macaulay]], father of the historian [[Thomas Macaulay]], as well as [[William Smith (abolitionist)|William Smith]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP), the [[English Dissenters|Dissenter]] and [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]]. They were very prominent in campaigns for the [[Abolitionism in the United Kingdom|abolition]] of [[slavery]] and [[child labour]], and for [[prison reform]]. They also promoted [[missionary]] activities in [[British colonies|Britain's colonies]]. The Society for Missions to Africa and the East (as the [[Church Mission Society]] was first called) was founded on 12 April 1799 at a meeting of the [[Eclectic Society (Christian)|Eclectic Society]], supported by members of the Clapham Sect, who met under the guidance of [[John Venn (priest)|John Venn]], the Rector of Clapham.<ref name="I1">{{cite journal|last1= Mounstephen |first1= Philip |author-link1=Philip Mounstephen |title= Teapots and DNA: The Foundations of CMS|url=http://www.nzcms.org.nz/teapots-and-dna-the-foundations-of-cms-intermission-issue-22/ |year= 2015 |journal= Intermission|volume=22}}</ref> By contrast, an opponent of Wilberforce, merchant and slave-trader [[George Hibbert]] also lived at Clapham Common, worshipping in the same church, Holy Trinity.<ref name=GHcom>{{cite web|title=George Hibbert (1757–1837)|url=http://www.georgehibbert.com/george.html|website=George Hibbert.com|access-date=28 July 2015}}</ref>

In 1848, Clapham was described in the ''[[Samuel Lewis (publisher)#A Topographical Dictionary of England|Topographical Dictionary of England]]'' as a village which "has for many years, been one of the most respectable in the environs of the [[London|metropolis]]".<ref name=":0" /> At this time, the patronage of Holy Trinity church belonged to the [[Atkins baronets|Atkins family]].<ref name=":0" />

===Clapham in the 20th and 21st centuries===
After the coming of the [[History of rail transport in Great Britain|railways]], Clapham developed as a suburb for commuters into central London.  [[Clapham High Street railway station]] opened in 1862 and the underground [[City and South London Railway]] was extended to the area in 1900.  By 1900 Clapham had fallen from favour with the upper classes. Many of their grand houses had been demolished by the middle of the 20th century, though a number remain around the Common and in the Old Town, as do a substantial number of fine late 18th- and early 19th-century houses. Today's Clapham is an area of varied housing, from the large Queen Anne-, Regency- and Georgian-era homes of the Old Town and Clapham Common, to the grids of Victorian housing in the Abbeville area. As in much of London, the area also includes [[social housing]] on estates dating from the 1930s and 1960s.

In the early 20th century, Clapham was seen as an ordinary commuter suburb, often cited as representing ordinary people: hence the familiar "[[The man on the Clapham omnibus|man on the Clapham omnibus]]". By the 1980s, the area had undergone a further transformation, becoming the centre for the [[gentrification]] of most of the surrounding area. Clapham's relative proximity to traditionally expensive areas of central London led to an increase in the number of middle-class people living in Clapham. Today the area is generally an affluent place, although many of its professional residents live relatively close to significant pockets of social housing.

===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 Surrey.<ref name=vh>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43028 |title=Parishes: Clapham |editor=H.E. Malden  |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1912 |work=A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4 |access-date=4 November 2014 }}</ref> For [[poor law]] purposes the parish became part of the Wandsworth and Clapham Union in 1836.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10164229|title=Clapham Holy Trinity AP/CP through time – Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit|work=visionofbritain.org.uk}}</ref> The parish was added to the [[General Register Office|Registrar General]] London Metropolis area in 1844 and consequently it came within the area of responsibility of the [[Metropolitan Board of Works]] in 1855. The population of 16,290 in 1851 was considered too small for the Clapham vestry to be a viable sanitary authority and the parish was grouped into the [[Wandsworth District (Metropolis)|Wandsworth District]], electing 18 members to the Wandsworth District Board of Works.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1855/120/pdfs/ukpga_18550120_en.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217231350/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1855/120/pdfs/ukpga_18550120_en.pdf |archive-date=17 December 2010 |url-status=live |title=Victoriae Reginae |website=Legislation.gov.uk |access-date=24 June 2017}}</ref> In 1889 the parish was transferred to the [[County of London]] and in 1900 it became part of the new [[Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth]]. It was abolished as a civil parish in 1904, becoming part of the single Wandsworth Borough parish for poor law. The former Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth was divided in 1965 and the area of the historic parish of Clapham was transferred to the [[London Borough of Lambeth]], along with [[Streatham]].<ref name=vh/> Clapham [[Clapham (UK Parliament constituency)|gave its name to a Parliamentary constituency]] between 1885 and 1974. Between 1974 and 2024 Clapham was divided between the constituencies of [[Streatham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)|Streatham]] and [[Vauxhall_(UK_Parliament_constituency)|Vauxhall]]. From the [[2024_United_Kingdom_general_election|2024 General Election]] Clapham's wards are reunited in the new constituency of [[Clapham_and_Brixton_Hill_(UK_Parliament_constituency)|Clapham & Brixton]].

==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 population of 40,850.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/ec-lambeth-council-state-of-the-borough-2014_0.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412015530/http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/ec-lambeth-council-state-of-the-borough-2014_0.pdf |archive-date=12 April 2015 |url-status=live |title=State of the Borough 2014 |website=Lambeth.gov.uk |access-date=24 June 2017}}</ref>  For administrative and electoral purposes, Clapham is made up of three Lambeth wards: [[Clapham_Common_and_Abbeville_(ward)|Clapham Common and Abbeville]], [[Clapham Town (ward)|Clapham Town]] and [[Clapham East (ward)|Clapham East]]. Parts of the Clapham East ward like in neighbouring [[Stockwell]]

Much of southern [[Battersea]] is often incorrectly referred to as Clapham, because of the name of [[Clapham Junction railway station]], and to stress Battersea's proximity to Clapham Common, as well as their relative distance from Battersea's historic [[nucleated village|nucleus]].{{citation needed|date=September 2017}} The railway station now known as Clapham Junction was originally named Battersea Junction by its architect to reflect its  geographical location.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

==Demography==
According to the 2021 census, Clapham has a population of 48,478. White is the largest ethnic group, at 64% of the population, followed by 19% Black.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/warddataenglandandwalescensus2021|title=ONS Census 2021 Ward data}}</ref> Clapham is home to one of the largest Australian communities in London.

==Clapham Common==
[[File:Clapham High Street SW4 (2) - geograph.org.uk - 190145.jpg|thumb|Clapham High St]]
[[Clapham Common]] comprises 220 acres of green space, criss-crossed by footpaths, with three ponds, a Victorian bandstand and a large number of mature trees, including horse chestnuts and a significant avenue of London plane trees along Long Road. It is overlooked by a variety of buildings, including a number of Georgian and Victorian mansions. It also has [[Holy Trinity Church, Clapham|Holy Trinity Clapham]], an 18th-century [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] church, important in the history of the evangelical [[Clapham Sect]]. Clapham Town comprises Clapham High Street and residential streets including Clapham Manor Street, home to Clapham Leisure Centre, as well as Venn Street with a cinema, restaurants, and a food market held every weekend throughout the year.

==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 mid-rise and low-rise residential land, and usually takes in major parts of the Common. Where regard to historic Clapham parish and some street signs is had, this area includes a [[detached part]]: the land bounded by Nightingale Square, Oldridge Road and Balham Hill.

==Clapham North==
Clapham North lies on either side of Clapham Road and borders the relatively modern creation 'Stockwell' in the historic Lambeth parish on Union Road and Stirling Road. There is a "Stockwell Town" Partnership sign north of Union Road demarcating the boundary between Clapham and Stockwell. The northern part of Clapham in the Larkhall [[wards of the United Kingdom|ward]] includes the Sibella [[conservation area]].  The southern part is Ferndale ward and includes Landor, Ferndale and Bedford roads leading up to Brixton.

==Transport==
As well as an extensive bus network, which connects the area with much of south and central London, Clapham has three tube stations and two railway stations.

There are two railway stations in the district on [[London Overground]]'s [[Windrush line]]:
* [[Clapham High Street railway station|Clapham High Street]]
* [[Wandsworth Road railway station|Wandsworth Road]], then at the following station, Clapham Junction: London Overground's [[Mildmay line]]

London Underground's [[Northern line]] passes through Clapham, with three stations:
* [[Clapham North tube station|Clapham North]] (opened as Clapham Road in 1900, changed to its current name in 1926).
* [[Clapham Common tube station|Clapham Common]]
* [[Clapham South tube station|Clapham South]]

In 2012, the [[London Overground|Overground]] East London line (now the Windrush line since 2024) was extended to Clapham High Street and Wandsworth Road stations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15401.aspx |title=Surrey Quays to Clapham Junction extension &#124; Transport for London |publisher=Tfl.gov.uk |date=9 December 2012 |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref> This links Clapham directly to stations including Shepherds Bush, Canada Water, [[Shoreditch]] and Highbury and Islington.

[[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]] and [[London Waterloo railway station|London Waterloo]].

==Shopping==
Shopping areas comprise:

* Clapham Old Town, which includes pubs and restaurants.
* Clapham High Street
* Abbeville Road (and Clapham South)
* Nightingale Lane (on borders of Clapham South)
* Clapham Road, includes diverse amount of different shops

==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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* [[Henry Allingham]] – supercentenarian
* [[Benjamin Franklin]] – American Founding Father
* [[John Amaechi]] – writer, basketball player
* [[Kingsley Amis]] – novelist
* [[Leslie Ash]] – actress
* [[Frank Baines]]
* [[Natasha Bedingfield]] – singer
* [[John Francis Bentley]]
* [[F. H. Bradley]] – philosopher
* [[Jo Brand]] – comedian, was born in Clapham
* [[Jeremy Brett]] – actor
* [[David Calder (actor)|David Calder]]
* [[Angela Carter]] – writer
* [[Henry Cavendish]] – scientist
* [[Matteo Ceccarini]] – DJ
* [[John Cole (cricketer, born 1907)|John Cole]] – first-class cricketer and British Army officer
* [[Brian Dowling (presenter)|Brian Dowling]]
* [[Michael Duberry]]
* [[Huw Edwards]] – newsreader
* [[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]] – sports administrator
* [[Lena Headey]] – actress
* [[Gerry Healy]]
* [[George Hibbert]] – slave trader
* [[Damon Hill]] – racing driver
* [[Paul Kaye]]
* [[John Keegan]]
* [[Marie Kendall]] – music-hall star
* [[Doon Mackichan]] – comedian
* [[Tony Mansfield]] – songwriter, musician and record producer
* [[Miriam Margolyes]] – actress
* [[Alfred Marshall]]
* [[Donald Maxwell (illustrator)]]
*[[Noel McKoy]] – singer
* [[Vera Menchik]] – Women's World Chess Champion<!-- article does not say when? -->
* [[Heather Mills]] – model
* [[Julie Myerson]]
* [[Chris O'Dowd]]
* [[John O'Farrell (author)|John O'Farrell]]
* [[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
* [[Charlotte Ritchie]] – actress and singer
* [[Jamie Flatters]] – actor and filmmaker{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
* [[Margot Robbie]] – actress
* [[Natsume Sōseki]]
* [[Mark Steel]] – comedian
* [[Lytton Strachey]] – writer
* [[Mark Thomas]] – comedian
* [[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
* [[Dennis Waterman]] – actor
* [[Orlando Weeks]]
* [[Vivienne Westwood]] – couturier
* [[Jacquetta Wheeler]]
* [[William Wilberforce]] – abolitionist
* [[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}}

==Further reading==
* {{Citation |publisher = T. Cadell |location = London |author = Daniel Lysons |author-link = Daniel Lysons (antiquarian) |title = Environs of London |date = 1792 |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/environsoflondon01lyso#page/158/mode/2up |chapter=Clapham |volume=1: County of Surrey }}
* {{Citation |publisher = John Murray |location = London |title = Handbook to the Environs of London |author = James Thorne |date = 1876 |chapter= Clapham |hdl = 2027/mdp.39015063815669?urlappend=%3Bseq=122 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015063815669?urlappend=%3Bseq=122 }}

== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline|Clapham, London|Clapham}}

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{{Geographic location
|Northwest = [[Battersea]] 
|North     = [[Battersea]]
|Northeast = [[Stockwell]]
|West      = [[Wandsworth]]
|Centre    = Clapham
|East      = [[Brixton]]
|Southwest = [[Wandsworth]] and [[Balham]]
|South     = [[Balham]]
|Southeast = [[Streatham]]
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