Clapwater
Early-attested site in the Parish of Fletching
Historical Forms
- Clappwater 1564 DuLa
- Clapmella 1206 FF
Etymology
Clapwater is Clappwater in 1564DuLa and must be in the neighbourhood of the mill called Clapmella in 1206 (FF). The names perhaps arose from the noise made by the water at the mill or by the 'clap' of the mill-hopper.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Atherall's Fm
- Barkham
- Coleham Fm
- Light Row
- Flitteridge Wood
- Daleham
- Mallingdown Fm
- Hungry Hatch
- Pilt Down
- Rigg Wood
- Ruston Wood
- Ruttingham
- Sheffield Park
- Shortbridge
- Woolpack Fm