Clapham

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Clapham is a village in Clapham , Bedford

Other current and historical names

Clopeham

Built-Up Area: Clapham
Parish/Community: Clapham
Unitary Authority: Bedford
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°9'38"N 0°29'42"W
Eastings/Northings: 503035, 252442
OS Grid: TL030524
Mapcode Local: GBR G1R.FND
Mapcode Global: VHFQ1.CYLH

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Clapham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Clapham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Clapham.-- par., on river Ouse, in co. and 1½ mile NW. of Bedford, 1982 ac., pop. 608; P.O.; contains C. Park.

Clapham in the Domesday Book

A village in Stodden hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictric of Waddesdon
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Miles Crispin
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £24 in 1070; £24 in 1086
- Households: 18 villagers; 15 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 8 lord's ploughs; 20 men's ploughs (30 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 ploughs
- Woodland: 200 pigs
- Mills: 1, value £2

British Place Names

Clapham, Bedford

Clapham is a village in Clapham , Bedford

Clapham in historic gazetteers

Clapham in the Domesday Book