Balham

Balham is a district of south of the Thames town district Wandsworth, West London.

Location

Balham to Clapham north is bordered to the east of Streatham, south to Tooting and west to the Wandsworth Town imputed neighborhood ' Between the Commons '. The commonly equated with Balham London SW12 delivery area includes the location in the neighboring borough of Lambeth district Hyde Farm, while the Balhamer area south of the station location, the delivery area listened SW17.

History

Balham is in the Domesday Book ( 1086 ) mentioned as Belgeham. At that time belonged to the Gutsbezirk a Geoffrey Orlateile and included 1.5 acres of farmland and 8 acres of pasture, from the pulled those annual income of two pounds. Located as old Saxon settlement on the Roman road called Stane Street from London to Chichester, one finds as Ballam Balham, Balham Hill or Balham Manor on maps of the 17th Jhds. recorded. At that time, the municipality belonged mostly to the diocese Streatham, while the northern part was the community Battersea. The district boundary between Clapham and Battersea at the time attributed part Balhams, designed as digging, is still detectable than ground monument in Clapham Common.

In the 19th century Balham was initially dominated by the estates of wealthy city dwellers, while a sustainable settlement activity and construction only began with the opening of lying on the line to Crystal Palace railway station (1856 ). Today Balham is largely characterized by the Outer London typical, as the majority of two-story, performed on the main roads and three-storey terraced row Terraces, to loosen up and detached property located in the so-called Nightingale Triangle. Most of the buildings date from the period before the Second World War. For typical Balham are also some designated as social housing estates recent. With the opening of the behind the station branches off to the south to East Croydon railway line and the extension of the Northern Line of the London Underground on Clapham Common out to Morden Balham also gained importance as an important node in the public transport. Hit by a German bomb, drowned in 1940 in the underground railway station 64 persons to whom a memorial plaque in the switch area.

Since the early 1990s, Balham growing in popularity as a residential area for both young professionals and families looking to be close to several good public schools. Balham has since ( was Bedford Hill for years literally for the London suburban street line ) lost much of its shoddy image, including the location between the parks within walking distance, Clapham Common, Wandsworth Common, Tooting Bec Common and Tooting Common Gaveney contributes.

In addition to Hammersmith, a second Polish settlement center has established itself in Balham, whose members meet at the White Eagle Club and celebrate their worship in the church across the street Christ the King. At the Balham High Road above a furniture shop, a mosque.