Clapham, Gloucester Explained

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]

See also

• Worcester Street

Further reading

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

External links

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Notes and References

1. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol4/pp159-169#anchorn14 Gloucester, 1720-1835: Topography.
2. Bullock, Donald. (2012) The Legend That Was Clapham: All Good Things... 2nd edition. Gloucester: Wheatley Press. pp. 1-3.
3. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol4/pp154-159 Gloucester, 1720-1835: Social and cultural life.
4. https://lra.le.ac.uk/bitstream/2381/8998/1/1989christmaseaphd.pdf "The Growth of Gloucester 1820-1851: Tradition and Innovation in a County Town.
5. https://gloucestershirearchives.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/whats-beneath-our-feet/ What’s beneath our feet?
6. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/b204d498-aeb8-4cd2-b293-0d55841d232c Kingsholm Comprehensive Development Area.