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Daughter of Oliver Cromwell (1629-1658)

Claypole

Elizabeth Claypole was the second daughter of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, and his wife, Elizabeth Cromwell, and reportedly interceded with her father for royalist prisoners.

After Cromwell created a peerage for her husband, John Claypole, she was known as Lady Claypole. She was buried in Westminster Abbey.

How locals move

Getting around Claypole the local way

  • Go nextDirect trains to London mean that the capital is in easy reach for a day trip or to continue your travels.

From Wikivoyage: East Midlands, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2025-06.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Rijksmuseum (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.