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When the metropolitan boroughs were replaced with larger London boroughs in 1965, this borough was split. The core area of Wandsworth (about 11 km 2 or 4.2 sq mi) became part of the London Borough of Wandsworth , along with the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea , but the areas of Streatham and Clapham (totalling 4 km 2 or 1.5 sq mi ...
The parish of Battersea became the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and the Wandsworth District became the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth. [2] The modern borough was created in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963. It covered the former borough of Battersea and the majority of the former borough of Wandsworth, but excluding the ...
The London Borough of Wandsworth and its council were created under the London Government Act 1963, with the first election held in 1964. [5] For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's outgoing authorities, being the councils of the two metropolitan boroughs of Battersea and Wandsworth. [6]
It went on to become the headquarters of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth as "Wandsworth Town Hall" in 1900. [ 5 ] A modest two-storey structure faced in red-brick over channeled stone, designed by Ernest Elford in the Classical style , and now known as the "civic suite", was erected in the High Street to the east of the vestry hall in 1927.
Wandsworth Town (/ ˈ w ɒ n z w ər θ /) is a district of south London, within the London Borough of Wandsworth 4.2 miles (6.8 km) southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London .
Wandsworth Central in the County of London 1918-50 A map showing the wards of Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916. Wandsworth Central in the County of London 1950-74. When the constituency was created, in 1918, it was a division of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
A map showing the Tooting ward of Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916. Tooting has been settled since pre-Saxon times. The name is of Anglo-Saxon origin but the meaning is disputed. It could mean the people of Tota, in which context Tota may have been a local Anglo-Saxon chieftain. [3]
Councillors, aldermen and mayors of the council of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, in London (1900–1965) Pages in category "Members of Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough Council" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.