A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CLAPTON, two chapelries in Hackney parish, Middlesex; between the North London railway and the river Lea, 3½ miles NE by N of St. Paul's, London. They adjoin Hackney and Lea-Bridge r. stations; are jointly a suburb of London; have post offices of Lower and Upperunder London NE; are thickly studded with villa residences; include the London Orphan asylum, built at a cost of £30, 000, the Hackney grammar-school, and a large india-rubber factory; and had Lords Northumberland, Brock, and Hunsdon, and the family of John Howard as residents. Pop., 3, 520. The livings are p. curacies in the dio. of London. Value of Lower C., £350; of Upper C., £150. Patron of the former, the Rector of Hackney-St. John; of the latter, the Bishop of L. Upperchurch was built in 1869, at a cost of about £15, 000; and is in the style of the 13th century. There are an Independent chapel and a Wesleyan chapel; and the latter was built in 1865, at a cost of £5, 500.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "two chapelries" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Hackney Vest/CP/AP Middlesex AncC |
| Place: | Clapton |
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