13 Facts About Clapton London

Hamlet of Clapton London emerged in the manor and Ancient Parish of Hackney.

Hamlet of Clapton London was, from 1339 until the 18th century normally rendered as Clopton, meaning the "farm on the hill".

Clapton London grew up as a linear hamlet along the road subsequently known as Lower and Upper Clapton London Road.

Clapton London has never been an administrative unit, it has never had any defined boundaries, though the E5 postcode area has been influential in shaping perceptions of the area's extent, E5 occupies most of the north-east of Hackney.

An example of the imperfection of using E5 is that part of the community around Clapton London Common is excluded from the postal district despite almost always being publicly viewed as being part of Upper Clapton London.

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Clapton London was a linear hamlet covering an extended roadside area.

Junction with Lea Bridge Road is still used to define Upper and Lower Clapton London; Kenninghall Road is an extension of Lea Bridge Road and as such provides a convenient point of reference between the two parts of Clapton London.

In 2018, parts of Clapton London were flooded due to a burst water main on Waterworks Lane off the Lea Bridge Road, with flood water pouring into the River Lea.

Upper Clapton is home to one of London's more unusual churches, the Church of the Good Shepherd, which was used as a place of worship by a splinter group of the Catholic Apostolic Church and now is used by the Georgian Orthodox Church.

The Clapton London church had already been abandoned by the cult and was acquired first by the Ancient Catholic Church in 1956, and then by the Georgian Orthodox Church in 2005.

Large parts of Lower Clapton London look much as they did when the area was first developed in the second half of the 19th century.

Clapton London FC was the original local football team, being formed in 1878.

Leyton Orient, founded in 1881 and playing as Clapton London Orient were based in the area, before moving to Leyton in 1937.