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Battersea Common Fields shown on a map published in 1830 Battersea Park shown on a map published in 1852. Prior to 1846, the area now covered by the park was known as Battersea fields, a popular spot for duelling.
Battersea is a large district in southwest London, part of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is centred 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of Charing Cross it also extends along the south bank of the Thames Tideway. It includes the 200-acre (0.81 km 2) Battersea Park.
Battersea Park Road station (closed 1916) and Battersea Park station on an Ordnance Survey Map. Date: 1894 to 1896 (Revised: 1893 to 1894, Published: 1894 to 1896) Source: Ordnance Survey, London XI.NW: Author: Unknown author
Battersea Park is a suburban railway station in the London Borough of Wandsworth, south London. It is at the junction of the South London line and the Brighton Main Line (although the physical connection between the lines has been removed), 1 mile 23 chains (2.1 km) measured from London Victoria .
In 1846, the Commission for Improving the Metropolis acquired 320 acres of Battersea Fields, of which 198 acres became Battersea Park, and the remainder was to be let on building leases—the area now covered by Prince of Wales Drive, which was previously known as Prince of Wales Road, was part of Battersea Fields.
Central London borders some of the borough's boundary with the Thames the closest park to which is Battersea Park. At 92 hectares (230 acres), Tooting Commons in the south of the borough, between Balham and Streatham are Wandsworth's largest public open space (not shared with any other borough). It is followed by 83-hectare (210-acre) Battersea ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Battersea Park railway station: Battersea Park Road, SW8: Railway station: 1 May 1867
A map showing the Nine Elms ward of Battersea Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916. Nine Elms Lane was named around 1645, after a row of elm trees bordering the road, though a path probably existed between York House and Vauxhall from the 1200s.