Clapham, Gloucester

Clapham was a district of the City of Gloucester that was developed from 1822 by George Worrall Counsel who built several hundred houses for artisans.[1][2][3][4] It included Worrall Street and Counsel Street, neither of which now exist.[5] The area was redeveloped in the twentieth century and is now part of Kingsholm.[6]

St George's Day parade along Sweetbriar Street, 1912
Tower block in Alvin Street, part of the modern development that replaced Clapham.

See also

References
  1. Gloucester, 1720-1835: Topography. British History Online. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. Bullock, Donald. (2012) The Legend That Was Clapham: All Good Things... 2nd edition. Gloucester: Wheatley Press. pp. 1-3. ISBN 9780954195809
  3. Gloucester, 1720-1835: Social and cultural life. British History Online. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  4. "The Growth of Gloucester 1820-1851: Tradition and Innovation in a County Town. PhD thesis, Evelyn A. Christmas, University of Leicester, 1989. p. 210.
  5. What’s beneath our feet? Gloucestershire Archives, 9 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  6. Kingsholm Comprehensive Development Area. National Archives. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

Further reading
  • Eley, Harold. (1996) Clapham Tales: A Boyhood Account of Life in Clapham, Gloucester, During the 1930s and 1940s. Pickton Press. ISBN 978-0952936404

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