Excerpt from Old Clapham: Based on a Lecture Delivered in the Year 1885 at the St. Matthew's Church Institution and at the Clapham HallI have added somewhat to the original, which was only intended to occupy a couple of hours, but no attempt at a History of Clapham is intended. My object has been only to awaken an interest in the place, and above all things to remind my Clapham friends of those great names who once made the name of their parish famous.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.