English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Clapham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kenn

Historical Forms

  • Clopton 1330 SR
  • Clapton, Clappeton 1547 Ct
  • Clapton t.Ed6 Rental

Etymology

'Farm by the stump(s) or stub(s),' v. tun .See further s. n. Clapton PN BedsHu 22. For the change of second element, cf. Popham supra 345.