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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 was a local government district within the metropolitan area of London, England from 1855 to 1900. It was formed by the Metropolis Management Act 1855 and was governed by the Wandsworth District Board of Works , which consisted of elected vestrymen.
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 .
Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth; Metropolitan Borough of Westminster; Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich This page was last edited on 25 August 2022, at 16:38 ...
The parish of Lambeth became the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth, and the old Wandsworth District became the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth. [5] The modern London borough was created in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963. It was a merger of the old borough of Lambeth and the Clapham and Streatham areas from the old Wandsworth borough ...