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Wandsworth
Wandsworth (Greater London)
Wandsworth

Wandsworth shown within Greater London
OS grid reference TQ255755
London borough Wandsworth
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region London
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district SW18
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
European Parliament London
UK Parliament Battersea
London Assembly Merton and Wandsworth
List of places: UK • England • London

Coordinates: 51°27′52″N 0°11′33″W / 51.4644, -0.1924

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Wandsworth appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Wandesorde and Wendelesorde. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey It was held partly by William, son of Ansculf and partly by St Wandrille's Abbey. Its domesday assets were: 12 hides. The hide was a unit used in assessing land for liability to " Geld " or land tax in Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th to the 11th centuries It had 5½ ploughs, 22 acres of meadow. The plough ( American spelling plow; both plaʊ is a Tool used in Farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed A meadow is a field vegetated primarily by Grass and other non- Woody plants. It rendered £9. [1]

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Description

Wandsworth, like its neighbour Battersea, is a town of extremes (a fact highlighted in the film Love Actually) containing some light industry and warehouse sites, rapidly being surrounded by luxury riverside housing. Love Actually is a 2003 British Romantic comedy Film written and directed by Richard Curtis. The last twenty years has seen Wandsworth join the ranks of the most expensive and desirable London towns. In February 2007 the Evening Standard placed Wandsworth as a borough with the third most million-pound property sales in the capital, behind Kensington/Chelsea and Westminster. The London Evening Standard is an English Tabloid regional local newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast Many of these sales are due to Wandsworth's (The Town) rapid riverside development, catering for the Chelsea overspill.

Since at least the early 16th century, Wandsworth has offered accommodation to consecutive waves of immigration; from Protestant Dutch metalworkers fleeing persecution in the 1590s, to recent Eastern European members of the European Union. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in [2] An influx of French Huguenot refugees in the early 17th century is remembered in many local street names. The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France (or French Calvinists) from the sixteenth to the eighteenth There is a band of small and expensive terraced housing (known as The Tonsleys) behind Old York Road — the former centre of old Wandsworth — rising to an area of grander, terraced, semi-detached and detached housing along the roads bounded by West Side Wandsworth Common, Earlsfield Road and East Hill. In contrast, at the base of East Hill is a collection of high-rise council blocks. Public housing is a form of Housing tenure in which the property is owned by a Government authority which may be central or local

According to an article in The Guardian in 2004:

Wandsworth has a greater proportion of people whose lifestyle, views and trends shape the zeitgeist more than anywhere else in the UK. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Wandsworth, in other words, is groovier than everywhere else in Britain.

According to the Evening Standard"Wandsworth is the hotspot" for those people in London earning over £100,000.

Areas in Wandsworth

The River Front

A former wharf area, and now a long river walk towards Battersea Village and the West End. A wharf is a landing place or Pier where ships may tie up and load or unload Battersea is a place in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is an inner-city district located 2 It is now lined with new apartment blocks, with several bars and restaurants. Notable pubs include The Ship Inn near Wandsworth Bridge. Wandsworth Bridge crosses the River Thames in London in a North-West to South-East direction The Waterfront on Battersea Reach is a very large bar with excellent view towards Chelsea Harbour. Chelsea Harbour is a mixed-use development in Central London, situated on the north bank of the River Thames, within the eastern boundary of the London Borough

Wandsworth Common

Set back from the river, at the top of East Hill, containing an area known locally as "the Toast Rack" that has some of the most expensive townhouses in London[2] across from Bellevue Road containing several boutiques and the famous restaurant Chez Bruce, formerly Harveys, where chef Gordon Ramsay learned his trade, and voted one of London's favourite restaurants in 2006. Chez Bruce is a Restaurant located at 2 Bellevue Road in Wandsworth, London, England. Gordon James Ramsay, OBE, (born 8 November 1966 is a Chef, Television personality and Restaurateur. The area also contains one of Wandsworth's most impressive buildings, the Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, which now contains flats, a theatre school and the "Le Gothique" restaurant.

St John's Hill

There are many independent cafés, bars and restaurants on St John's Hill, including the Evening Standard award winning Fish Club and Out Of The Blue, a popular wine bar.

The Tonsleys/Old York Road

A residential area of old Wandsworth close to the river and town centre, so called because many of the street names have the word "Tonsley" included. It has a village feel with the Old York Road's cafes and shops at its heart. The area contains three notable pubs, the Royal Standard, the East Hill and The Alma. Brady's Fish Restaurant serves traditional fish and chips in comfortable middle class surroundings. The area was recently used as the location for the BBC TV series Outnumbered. Outnumbered is a British sitcom that has aired on BBC One since 2007 Houses in this area, although small, sell from £600k to over £1 mil, and are desired because they retain their Victorian character and and are in close proximity to the Wandsworth Town train station. The houses are very popular with city workers.

East Hill

An area of Large Victorian houses bordered by the west side of Wandsworth Common. The De Morgan Centre houses a collection of Victorian artwork. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection

Wandsworth High Street

A rather traffic-choked street, picking up much of the traffic from the A3, the High Street is dominated by the recently-regenerated Southside shopping centre, cinema and restaurant complex (formerly, and still and more commonly, referred to as the Arndale Centre). Southside Wandsworth is a shopping centre in Wandsworth, London, England. Arndale Centres were the first "American-style" malls to be built in the United Kingdom.

Trivia

Nearby is Wandsworth prison, which is the largest prison in the London area, and the second largest in Britain, after Liverpool. HM Prison Wandsworth Gaol is a Prison in the Wandsworth area of London, England A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of

Between the town centre and the river lies the site of Young & Co's Ram Brewery, in the heart of Wandsworth. Young & Co's Brewery Plc is a vertically integrated British regional brewer founded in 1831 by Charles Young and Anthony Bainbridge when they purchased the Ram Brewery in Wandsworth Traditional draught beer was produced on the site from 1581, which made the Ram Brewery the oldest site in Britain on which beer had been brewed continuously. Until late in 2006, shire horse-drawn brewery drays were still used to deliver beer to local pubs. A wagon (in British English, sometimes waggon) or dray is a heavy four-wheeled Vehicle. However, beer production was stopped in September 2006 when Young & Co merged their brewing operations with Charles Wells of Bedford and a new use for the site is being discussed. For other people with the name Charles Wells see Charles Wells (disambiguation. Young & Co however still have their Headquarters in Wandsworth.

One of the underpasses under Wandsworth roundabout was used in the opening scene of A Clockwork Orange, where a gang of youths beat up a rough sleeper using baseball bats. A tunnel is an underground passageway The definition of what constitutes a tunnel is not universally agreed upon A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 Satirical Science fiction Film adaptation of a 1962 novel of the same name, by Anthony

The Pet Shop Boys' Iconic "west End Girls" Cover was shot in Charterhouse Works.

In December 2006, Sport England published a survey which revealed that residents of Wandsworth were the seventh most active in England in sports and other fitness activities. Sport England is the brand name for the English Sports Council and is a Non-departmental public body under the Department for 27. 2% of the population participate at least three times a week for 30 minutes. [3]

In the Genesis song "The Battle of Epping Forest" (from their album "Selling England by the Pound") about a street fight between rival hoodlum gangs, the nearby prison is referenced: "And his friend, Liquid Len by name, Of wine, women and Wandsworth fame. . . "

Famous residents

Nearest places

Local Attractions

Notable Restaurants

Notable Bars and Pubs

Places of Interest

Transport

Nearest railway stations:

See also

References

  1. ^ Surrey Domesday Book
  2. ^ a b (2006) Time Out London for Londoners. The De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society is a museum and gallery in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England that houses a large collection Southside Wandsworth is a shopping centre in Wandsworth, London, England. Located in Earlsfield in South West London, the Borough of Wandsworth Rifle Club is one of the oldest clubs belonging to the National Small-bore London: Ebury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-904978-52-7.  
  3. ^ Sport England. Sport England is the brand name for the English Sports Council and is a Non-departmental public body under the Department for Active People Survey. Retrieved on 2007-01-27. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva.

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