Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Clapham

Clapham, par. and vil. with ry. sta., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 6 miles NW. of Settle, 25,299 ac., pop. 1450; P.O., and P.O. at sta., called Clapham Station; contains Clapham with Newby, township, 12,037 ac., pop. 676. Clapham Junction, ry. sta., Battersea par., mid. Surrey, in SW. suburbs of London.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Clapham AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Clapham

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