Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Clapton

Clapton, par., E. Somerset, on Taunton Canal, 7½ miles W. of Bristol, 1066 ac., pop. 196; P.O., called Clapton-in-Gordano.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Clapton CP/AP       Clapton in Gordano CP       Somerset AncC
Place names: CLAPTON     |     CLAPTON IN GORDANO
Place: Clapton

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