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Wiktionary

  1. Claphamnoun

    An area of London, mostly in Lambeth.

  2. Claphamnoun

    Any of several other places in England.

  3. Claphamnoun

    derived from these places.

Wikipedia

  1. Clapham

    Clapham () is a district in south west London, England, lying mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, but with some areas (most notably Clapham Common) extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth.

Wikidata

  1. Clapham

    Clapham is a district in south west London, England, within the London Borough of Lambeth. Clapham covers the postcodes of SW4 and parts of SW9 and SW12. Clapham Common is shared with the London Borough of Wandsworth, although Lambeth has responsibility for running the common as a whole. According to the 2001 census Clapham and Stockwell town centre had a joint population of 65,513 inhabitants. Clapham is made up of Clapham Common and Clapham Town and the northern part of Thornton ward. Parts of Clapham North lie within the Brixton electoral ward of Ferndale and the Stockwell electoral ward of Larkhall. Clapham is well known for its extensive 220 acre green space Clapham Common, which features three ponds and is overlooked by large Georgian and Victorian mansions, and the village-like atmosphere of its historic Old Town. Clapham is the home of Holy Trinity Clapham the Georgian Church on Clapham Common, from where The Clapham Sect led by William Wilberforce and a group of upper class evangelical Christians campaigned for the abolition of the slave trade in the 19th century. Abbeville or the Village is an affluent district within Clapham lying between Clapham Common South Side and Clarence Avenue and is synonymous with the Clapham Common Ward. The area is centred around small parades of mainly upmarket independent shops and restaurants within a longer, otherwise residential road and has a village-like feel. Clapham South is a largely residential area encompassing the Southern parts of the Common including Clapham Common Westside and the streets radiating off the Southside and Cavendish Road including the Southern section of Kings Avenue leading up to Balham. Clapham Town consists of Clapham High Street and the residential streets running off the high street including Venn Street Market and Clapham Manor Road. Some of South London's priciest residential streets can be found in Clapham, including The Chase, Macaulay Road, Orlando Road, Grafton Square, Elms Grove, Elms Road and Rodenhurst Road as well as the North, South and West sides of Clapham Common.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Clapham

    a SW. suburb of London, in the county of Surrey, 4 m. from St. Paul's, and inhabited by a well-to-do middle-class community, originally of evangelical principles, and characterised as the Clapham Set.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CLAPHAM

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Clapham is ranked #30013 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Clapham surname appeared 782 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Clapham.

    94.2% or 737 total occurrences were White.
    2.1% or 17 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.5% or 12 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.4% or 11 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.6% or 5 total occurrences were Black.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Clapham in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Clapham in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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