Clapton.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A suburban area of London in the borough of Hackney, Greater London (officially Upper Clapton and Lower Clapton), (OS grid ref TQ3486).
A placename: A hamlet in Hungerford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3870).
A placename: A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1617).
A placename: A village in Ston Easton parish, Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6453).
A placename: A village in West Crewkerne parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4106).
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English Clopton, from Old English *clopp (“rock, hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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