Wandsworth District (Metropolis)

Add links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Wandsworth
Wandsworth District within the Metropolis
District from 1855 to 1888 before Battersea was removed
History
 • Created1855
 • Abolished1900
 • Succeeded byMetropolitan Borough of Wandsworth
Status
District
GovernmentWandsworth District Board of Works
 • HQBattersea (1855–1888)
Wandsworth (1888–1900)

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.

The district was in the part of Surrey that was included in the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works. In 1889 the Metropolitan Board of Works area became the County of London, and the district board continued as an authority under the London County Council.

Since 1965 its area corresponds to the London Borough of Wandsworth and part of the London Borough of Lambeth.

Geography

The district comprised the following civil parishes:[1]

  • Battersea
    (1855—1888) excluding Penge exclave
  • Clapham
  • Putney
  • Knight's Hill
    exclave
  • Tooting Graveney
  • Wandsworth

The district included the small

Knight's Hill
exclave of Streatham parish, but did not include the Penge exclave of Battersea parish.

Governance

Under the

vestrymen): No. 1 or North (21) and No. 2 or South (15).[2]

In 1873 as its population had increased the parish of Battersea was divided into four wards (electing

vestrymen): No. 1 (18), No. 2 (21), No. 3 (21) and No. 4 (12).[3][4][5]

In 1883 as its population had increased the parish of Streatham was divided into three wards (electing

vestrymen): No. 1 or Balham (21), No. 2 or North Streatham (18) and No. 3 or South Streatham (9).[6][7]

In 1894 as its population had increased the parish of Wandsworth was divided into six wards (electing

vestrymen): Southfield (21), Northfield (15), Fairfield (24), Heathfield (15), Earlsfield (15) and Springfield (18).[8][9]

Abolition

In 1888 the Battersea parish was removed from the district and the Battersea Vestry became the local authority for Battersea.

The remaining district was abolished in 1900 and its former area became part of the

Knight's Hill exclave of Streatham which became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth.[1]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-901050-67-9
    .
  2. ^ The London Gazette Issue: 21802. 20 October 1855. pp. 3904–3905. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  3. ^ The London Gazette Issue: 23952. 25 February 1873. p. 789. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  4. ^ The London Gazette Issue: 23971. 29 April 1873. p. 2131. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  5. ^ "H.M.S.O. Boundary Commission Report 1885 Battersea & Clapham Map". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  6. ^ The London Gazette Issue: 25191. 23 January 1883. p. 410. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  7. ^ The London Gazette Issue: 25217. 30 March 1883. p. 1745. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  8. ^ The London Gazette Issue: 26544. 21 August 1894. pp. 4879–4880. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  9. ^ The London Gazette Issue: 26564. 26 October 1894. p. 6006. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wandsworth_District_(Metropolis)&oldid=1097638552"