Clapham an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire. Clapham was formerly a chapelry in the parish of Oakley.
Status: Ancient Parish
Parish church: St. Thomas à Becket
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1696; see also Oakley
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603
Nonconformists include:
Parishes adjacent to Clapham
- Oakley
- Bedford St Peter
- Bedford Holy Trinity
- Goldington
- Ravensden
- Bromham Bedfordshire
- Milton Ernest
- Thurleigh
Historical Descriptions
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Clapham, 2 m. N.W. Bedford. P. 370.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
Administration
- County: Bedfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Bedford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
- Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: Clapham
- Poor Law Union: Bedford
- Hundred: Stodden
- Province: Canterbury