Clapham High Street

Clapham High Street is the main through road and shopping area in Clapham, South London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth.

History

Clapham High Street is of historical importance because it not only houses two of London's deep level air raid shelters, it was also damaged by bombs during World War II. Sites that were destroyed during the war include the current primary supermarket, Sainsbury's. At the western end of the High Street is the Holy Trinity Church, which was home to the Clapham Sect in the early nineteenth century. The Clapham Sect helped campaign for the abolition of the slave trade and was instrumental in the introduction of the Slave Trade Act 1807.