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Clapton Bridge, Clapton Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Broadwindsor

Etymology

, 1615Pole , 1811OS , cf. Clopton ' is landes 1505Pole , Clapton Meade 1655 (1676)ib , Clapton Bridge Orchd 1839TA , named from Clapton So ( Clopton (e )1243 Ass, 1327 SR, 1451Pole , ' farmstead by a hill ' , v. *clopp(a) , tūn ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement