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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Clapham like this:
CLAPHAM, a parish in Worthing district, Sussex; 2¼ miles N of Goring r. station, and 5½ E of Arundel. It has a post office under Worthing. Acres, 1, 794. Real property, £1, 756. Pop., 249. Houses, 42. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £157.* Patron, Lady Brooke Pechell. The church has two brasses of the 16th century; and is good.
Clapham is now part of ARUN District. Click here for graphs and data of how ARUN has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Clapham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Clapham, in Arun and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8309
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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