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Wandsworth is a district located southwest of London, situated on the south bank of the River Thames. It is a diverse and vibrant area with a rich history and plenty to see and do for visitors of all ages. The district has evolved into a diverse and dynamic part of London from its small village
About Wandsworth Heritage Service Wandsworth Heritage Service is the archives and local history library for Wandsworth, covering Wandsworth, Battersea, Putney, Tooting and Balham. We also hold some information for Clapham and Streatham which were part of the borough of Wandsworth before 1965.
Wandsworth Common was mentioned in the Domesday Book in the 11th century. It was first mentioned on a map in 1746. Then, it was all one piece, comprising the manors of Battersea West Heath and Wandsworth East Heath. It comprised 400 acres, compared to today’s 177 acres and was called ‘waste’ land because it was not suitable for agriculture.
Wandsworth has a selection of fine Georgian buildings, from the town houses at 1-6 Church Row (grade II*) of 1723, the early 18th century pair of cottages at 140-142, and the Friends' Meeting House of 1778. The Town Hall was opened in 1937 as the administrative offices of Wandsworth Borough Council and built to designs by E A Hunt.
History. The borough was formed from five civil parishes: Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting Graveney and Wandsworth.In 1904, these five were combined into a single civil parish called Wandsworth Borough, which was conterminous with the metropolitan borough. Before 1900, these parishes, and Battersea until 1888, had been administered by the Wandsworth District Board of Works.
Monday 11 November 1918 — Armistice Day / Sunday 14 November 2021 — Remembrance Day. Remembering Eddie Fisher ["Sir Edmund Tintacks"], who lived on Loxley Road and was a pupil at Emanuel School. Eddie was unusually tall and strongly built, so he looked older than his years.
In the mid-1970s the Wandsworth Historical Society organised a practical history-research workshop which focussed on analysing the enumerators' local returns for the census of England held in 1851. The result was a significant insight into the social structure of the inhabitants of Putney in the mid-Victorian period, how they earned their ...
