Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth

The Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth was a district in the metropolitan area of the British capital London, with the status of a metropolitan borough. It existed from 1900 to 1965 and was in the southwest of the former county of County of London.

History

The district was created by the former individual Civil parishes Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting Graveney, and Wandsworth. The municipalities included from 1855 to the catchment area of the administration union Metropolitan Board of Works. In 1889, she came to the new County of London, eleven years later, they were combined into one metropolitan borough.

At the foundation of Greater London in 1965 arose from the merger of the Metropolitan Boroughs Battersea and Wandsworth the London Borough of Wandsworth. The districts Clapham and Streatham, however, were merged with the London Borough of Lambeth.

Statistics

The area was 9110 acres ( 36.87 km ²). The census revealed the following population figures:

Earlier areas summarized:

Metropolitan Borough:

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