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37-495: The group was discovered playing in a pub in Clapham , South London, by Alan Anger, a punk journalist, and signed with the independent record label, Beggars Banquet . They originally called themselves "The Sneekers", and were one of a group of power pop bands that included The Pleasers . The Merton Parkas released a few moderately successful singles , such as: "You Need Wheels", "Plastic Smile", "Give it to Me Now" and "Put Me in

74-522: A grade II* listed building . Following a further internal reorganization in 1970, the south semitransept is now a Lady chapel . St Paul's stands in the central tradition of the Church of England . The parish of St. Paul, Clapham is part of Archdeaconry of Lambeth in the Diocese of Southwark . The pipe organ at St Paul's was built in 1886 by Forster and Andrews . The organ originally stood in

111-536: A Victorian bandstand and a large number of mature trees, including horse chestnuts and a significant avenue of London plane trees along Long Road. It is overlooked by a variety of buildings, including a number of Georgian and Victorian mansions. It also has Holy Trinity Clapham , an 18th-century Georgian church, important in the history of the evangelical Clapham Sect . Clapham Town comprises Clapham High Street and residential streets including Clapham Manor Street, home to Clapham Leisure Centre, as well as Venn Street with

148-466: A cinema, restaurants, and a food market held every weekend throughout the year. The neighbourhood, where used, derives its name from a tube station —it has no fixed boundary from the rest of Clapham. Taking any definition in informal use, it is predominantly mid-rise and low-rise residential land, and usually takes in major parts of the Common. Where regard to historic Clapham parish and some street signs

185-472: A number of user groups including a community choir. The church is used as a performance space by an opera company, a chamber music ensemble and for theatrical productions by Paul's Players. The churchyard was closed for burials in 1854. Among those buried in the churchyard were Roundhead soldiers killed in the English Civil War . The churchyard has largely been cleared of gravestones but

222-646: A viable sanitary authority and the parish was grouped into the Wandsworth District , electing 18 members to the Wandsworth District Board of Works. In 1889 the parish was transferred to the County of London and in 1900 it became part of the new Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth . It was abolished as a civil parish in 1904, becoming part of the single Wandsworth Borough parish for poor law. The former Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth

259-496: Is a Church of England parish church in Clapham , London. There has been a church on the site since the 12th century. The current building was completed in 1815 and is Grade II* listed . In the grounds, which hold the Green Flag Award , are some fine tombs including many early 19th century sarcophagi and a community garden, Eden. The incumbent is Revd Canon Jonathan Boardman . The original parish church of Clapham

296-440: Is had, this area includes a detached part : the land bounded by Nightingale Square, Oldridge Road and Balham Hill. Clapham North lies on either side of Clapham Road and borders the relatively modern creation 'Stockwell' in the historic Lambeth parish on Union Road and Stirling Road. There is a "Stockwell Town" Partnership sign north of Union Road demarcating the boundary between Clapham and Stockwell. The northern part of Clapham in

333-539: Is made up of three Lambeth wards: Clapham Common and Abbeville , Clapham Town and Clapham East . Parts of the Clapham East ward like in neighbouring Stockwell Much of southern Battersea is often incorrectly referred to as Clapham, because of the name of Clapham Junction railway station , and to stress Battersea's proximity to Clapham Common, as well as their relative distance from Battersea's historic nucleus . The railway station now known as Clapham Junction

370-481: Is on the route of a Roman road . The road is recorded on a Roman monumental stone found nearby. According to its inscription, the stone was erected by a man named Vitus Ticinius Ascanius. It is estimated to date from the 1st century AD. (The stone was discovered during building works at Clapham Common South Side in 1912. It is now placed by the entrance of the former Clapham Library, in the Old Town.) According to

407-656: The Overground East London Line was extended to Clapham High Street and Wandsworth Road stations. This links Clapham directly to stations including Shepherds Bush, Canada Water, Shoreditch and Highbury and Islington. Clapham Junction is one of the major rail transport hubs and network of railway junctions in England. There are frequent services to London Victoria ( Westminster ) and London Waterloo ( South Bank ). Shopping areas comprise: St Paul%27s Church, Clapham St Paul's Church

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444-906: The abolition of slavery and child labour , and for prison reform . They also promoted missionary activities in Britain's colonies . The Society for Missions to Africa and the East (as the Church Mission Society was first called) was founded on 12 April 1799 at a meeting of the Eclectic Society , supported by members of the Clapham Sect, who met under the guidance of John Venn , the Rector of Clapham. By contrast, an opponent of Wilberforce, merchant and slave-trader George Hibbert also lived at Clapham Common, worshipping in

481-538: The Clapham omnibus ". By the 1980s, the area had undergone a further transformation, becoming the centre for the gentrification of most of the surrounding area. Clapham's relative proximity to traditionally expensive areas of central London led to an increase in the number of middle-class people living in Clapham. Today the area is generally an affluent place, although many of its professional residents live relatively close to significant pockets of social housing. Clapham

518-628: The Larkhall ward includes the Sibella conservation area . The southern part is Ferndale ward and includes Landor, Ferndale and Bedford roads leading up to Brixton. As well as an extensive bus network, which connects the area with much of south and central London, Clapham has three tube stations and two railway stations. There are two railway stations in the district on London Overground 's East London line : London Underground's Northern line passes through Clapham, with three stations: In 2012,

555-577: The Picture". They also released one album, Face in the Crowd . Rick Buckler of The Jam played with the band at Ronnie Scotts , and Mick Talbot played on " Heatwave ", a track on The Jam's 1979 album Setting Sons . The Merton Parkas also appeared at the Bridge House, Canning Town , but due to contractual disputes between record labels, did not feature on the 1979 album, Mods Mayday . However

592-630: The Revd TC Dale made a record in the 1920s of all gravestones and monumental inscriptions existing at the time. The churchyard is home to "Eden at St. Paul's", a popular community garden. It is one of Lambeth's longest standing Green Flag Award -winning sites. A review commissioned by Lambeth Council , following the Black Lives Matter protests during 2020, to identify locations in Lambeth with historic direct and indirect links to

629-425: The exception of the north aisle which was left standing for the performance of burials, taken down under an act of parliament in 1774. A new church, Holy Trinity , was erected in the following year at an expense of £11,000 (equivalent to £1,748,234 in 2023), on the north side of the common. In the late 17th century, large country houses began to be built there, and throughout the 18th and early 19th century it

666-400: The explorer. She lived in a house at 136 Clapham High Street for many years following the death of her husband. Other notable residents of Clapham Common include Palace of Westminster architect Sir Charles Barry , Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg and 20th century novelist Graham Greene . John Francis Bentley , architect of Westminster Cathedral , lived in the adjacent Old Town. In

703-637: The history of the Clapham family, maintained by the College of Heralds , in 965 King Edgar of England gave a grant of land at Clapham to Jonas, son of the Duke of Lorraine, and Jonas was thenceforth known as Jonas "de [of] Clapham". The family remained in possession of the land until Jonas's great-great grandson Arthur sided against William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest of 1066 and, losing

740-610: The land, fled to the north (where the Clapham family remained thereafter, primarily in Yorkshire ). Clapham's name derives from Old English , meaning 'homestead or enclosure near a hill', with the first recorded usage being Cloppaham circa 880. Clapham appears in Domesday Book as Clopeham . It was held by Goisfrid (Geoffrey) de Mandeville, and its domesday assets were three hides , six ploughs , and 5.0 acres (2.0 ha) of meadow . It rendered £7 10s 0d, and

777-461: The large Queen Anne-, Regency- and Georgian-era homes of the Old Town and Clapham Common, to the grids of Victorian housing in the Abbeville area. As in much of London, the area also includes social housing on estates dating from the 1930s and 1960s. In the early 20th century, Clapham was seen as an ordinary commuter suburb, often cited as representing ordinary people: hence the familiar " man on

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814-547: The late 18th and early 19th centuries, the Clapham Sect were a group of wealthy City merchants (mostly evangelical Anglican ) social reformers who lived around the Common. They included William Wilberforce , Henry Thornton and Zachary Macaulay , father of the historian Thomas Macaulay , as well as William Smith Member of Parliament (MP), the Dissenter and Unitarian . They were very prominent in campaigns for

851-586: The postal system, Clapham fills most of SW4 and as defined, at least since the Norman Conquest until 1885, includes parts of SW8, SW9 and SW12, London. Clapham Common is shared with the London Borough of Wandsworth (the border between the two boroughs runs across the common), but Lambeth has responsibility for its management. According to the 2011 census, the Clapham Area has a population of 40,850. For administrative and electoral purposes, Clapham

888-444: The psychedelic revival band, Mood Six . Danny Talbot became a chemistry teacher and worked at Clapham College School for Boys. Clapham Clapham ( / ˈ k l æ p əm / ) is a district in south west London , England, lying mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth , but with some areas (including Clapham Common ) extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth . The present day Clapham High Street

925-596: The same church, Holy Trinity. In 1848, Clapham was described in the Topographical Dictionary of England as a village which "has for many years, been one of the most respectable in the environs of the metropolis ". At this time, the patronage of Holy Trinity church belonged to the Atkins family . After the coming of the railways , Clapham developed as a suburb for commuters into central London. Clapham High Street railway station opened in 1862 and

962-399: The site of the former St Mary's/Trinity Church. The building was completed in 1815 as a chapel of ease to Holy Trinity, Clapham. It was assigned a separate Ecclesiastical District in 1861. The architect was Christopher Edmonds of Newington, Surrey. The church was built from stock brick , with a fairly low pitched slate roof and is in the classical style . The original construction

999-477: The south semitransept, the current location of the Lady Chapel, before the 1970 reorganisation of the building. A complete, historically congruent rebuild of the organ was finished in 2019 by Andrew Cooper & Co. Ltd. The East End extension designed by Blomfield was converted into a community centre in 1970, reducing the church to its original size. The centre is home to a Montessori nursery school and

1036-412: The transept. The side galleries were removed in 1928. The most severe damage caused to the church by the bombing during World War II occurred on the night of 10 May 1941. Incendiary bombs lodged in the roof and burned through before they could be extinguished, damaging the chancel and sanctuary. The building was completely restored and redecorated after the war and on 14 July 1955, the church was designated

1073-582: The un-released recording of their set at the Bridge House can be found on YouTube. The band's most notable track was "You Need Wheels", which reached No. 40 in the UK Singles Chart in the summer of 1979. As this was their only success in that chart , they are regarded as one-hit wonders in the UK. After The Merton Parkas disbanded in 1980, Mick Talbot went on to play with Dexys Midnight Runners , The Bureau , and The Style Council . Simon Smith joined

1110-417: The underground City and South London Railway was extended to the area in 1900. By 1900 Clapham had fallen from favour with the upper classes. Many of their grand houses had been demolished by the middle of the 20th century, though a number remain around the Common and in the Old Town, as do a substantial number of fine late 18th- and early 19th-century houses. Today's Clapham is an area of varied housing, from

1147-461: Was St Mary's Church which dated from the 12th century. St Mary's was renamed Trinity Church after the Reformation . It was taken down under an act of Parliament in 1774 and a new Holy Trinity Church was built on Clapham Common in 1775. The north aisle of the former church was left standing for the performance of burials. St Paul's Church was built at the beginning of the 19th century on

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1184-438: Was a plain rectangular building with interior galleries at the west end and sides. In 1875, the church was extended at the east end by Sir Arthur Blomfield with a transept, a chancel and lower half octagonal apse . St Paul's is a cruciform church with a west entrance porch and a wide nave with aisles. The Victorian chancel and transept by Blomfield have round arched windows with roll moulding and pediments at each end of

1221-631: Was an ancient parish in the county of Surrey. For poor law purposes the parish became part of the Wandsworth and Clapham Union in 1836. The parish was added to the Registrar General London Metropolis area in 1844 and consequently it came within the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1855. The population of 16,290 in 1851 was considered too small for the Clapham vestry to be

1258-452: Was divided in 1965 and the area of the historic parish of Clapham was transferred to the London Borough of Lambeth , along with Streatham . Clapham gave its name to a Parliamentary constituency between 1885 and 1974. Between 1974 and 2024 Clapham was divided between the constituencies of Streatham and Vauxhall . From the 2024 General Election Clapham's wards are reunited in the new constituency of Clapham & Brixton . Translated to

1295-589: Was favoured by the wealthier merchant classes of the City of London , who built many large and gracious houses and villas around Clapham Common and in the Old Town. Samuel Pepys spent the last two years of his life in Clapham, living with his friend, protected at the Admiralty and former servant William Hewer , until his death in 1703. Clapham was also home to Elizabeth Cook , the widow of Captain James Cook

1332-495: Was located in Brixton hundred . The parish comprised 1,233 acres (499 ha). The benefice remains to this day a rectory, and in the 19th century was in the patronage of the Atkins family: the tithes were commuted for £488 14s. in the early 19th century, and so the remaining glebe comprised only 11 acres (4.5 ha) as of 1848. The church, on the site of the current St Paul's and belonging to Merton Priory was, with

1369-475: Was originally named Battersea Junction by its architect to reflect its geographical location. According to the 2021 census, Clapham has a population of 48,478. White is the largest ethnic group, at 64% of the population, followed by 19% Black. Clapham is home to one of the largest Australian communities in London. Clapham Common comprises 220 acres of green space, criss-crossed by footpaths, with three ponds,

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