SpikeMar 28, 2023

Just done a London Transport #hiddenlondon tour of Clapham South Deep shelter. No lift access, 180 narrow spiral staircase steps, 11 stories and 120ft down. Amazing place with a deep and varied history and from the surface you'd hardly know it was there...

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Show threadCiorGlassNov 11, 2022
Regarding #ClaphamJunction, #ClaphamCommon, #ClaphamNorth and #ClaphamSouth, early records call it “Cloppaham” and “Clopeham”. “Ham” means “homestead”. “Clopp” means “near a hill”. In medieval times, Clapham was tiny, but it grew after the plague (1665) and the great fire (1666).