CLAPTON

Clapton, originally in the County of Middlesex and in the parish of Hackney, is situated about 4 miles north of Whitechapel on ground rising west of the river Lea. The land was mainly agricultural when St. Thomas's was built in 1773 and supplied much of London's bread, but by the end of the 19th century had developed so much that only one strip of open land survived - Clapton Common.

Church Records:

• St. Thomas, Clapton Common
  Baptisms 1827-1935,
  Marriages 1831-1939 : LMA
• All Saints, Blurton Rd, Clapton Park
  Baptisms 1873-1972,
  Marriages 1873-1971 : LMA
• All Souls, Overbury St
  Baptisms 1881-1958,
  Marriages 1885-1947 : LMA
• Christ Church, Rendlesham Rd
  Baptisms 1871-1944,
  Marriages 1871-1953 : LMA
• St. Matthew, Mount Pleasant Lane, Upper Clapton
  Baptisms 1869-1937,
  Marriages 1869-1959 : LMA
• St. Scholastica (Roman Catholic), Kenninghall Rd
  Baptisms 1867- date,
  Marriages 1871- date : Not deposited
• The New Chapel (Independent), Upper Clapton Rd
  Baptisms 1827-1837 : PRO
• United Methodist Chapel, Pembury Grove
  Marriages 1918-1941 : LMA