Clapham cum Newby is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the Craven district of

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, England. It was formerly in the

Settle Rural District Settle Rural District was an administrative district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The rural district was named after the town of Settle and included the civil parishes of Bentham, Clapham cum Newby, Malham, Settle, Stainforth, Aus ...

. It contains the villages of

Clapham Clapham () is a suburb in south west London, England, lying mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, but with some areas (most notably Clapham Common) extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth. History Early history T ...

and Newby. According to the

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, Clapham cum Newby parish had a population of 659, falling to 640 at the 2011 Census.

History

Listed monuments

Clapham cum Newby has 47 listed buildings and monuments. Perhaps the oldest is the base of a

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, located outside the Manor House. The base was reportedly constructed during the reign (1199–1216) of

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, who granted Clapham a market charter. At some point over the next seven centuries, the original cross was removed from its base. In 1897, to commemorate the

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, a new shaft and cross were installed on top of the original base. The village church was constructed in the 15th century. The church was rebuilt and altered in the 19th century, leaving only the tower from the original building. While the Manor House has its origins in a mediaeval building, the present building dates from 1701, while it was still a private residence. Later in the 18th century, a bridge across the river was constructed, to provide access to the local church. It is now a community centre.

Private broadband network

In 2016, the residents of Clapham cum Newby were informed by the

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that it would be too expensive to extend superfast broadband to the area, due to it being a remote rural area. Residents responded to this by raising £250,000 to fund the installation of a private broadband connection to BT's network, which would serve everyone in the parish.

References

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