CLAPTON, a parish in the hundred of PORTBURY, county of SOMERSET, 9? miles (W.) from Bristol, containing 157 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Bath, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £10. 9. 2., and in the patronage of Mrs. Colston and others. The church is dedicated to St. Michael.