It stood to the north of Clapton Pond, probably on the site of the house of Thomas Wood, later Serjeant of the Pantry, who lived in Hackney in 1597 and was a vestryman in 1627. The building on the right of the picture might be the first synagogue in Hackney.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Clapton House
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