Wandsworth

Also known as Wandsworth Town

Wandsworth Town () is a district of South London, within the London Borough of Wandsworth southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.

Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.region: London
UK place.official_name: Wandsworth Town
UK place.london_borough: Wandsworth
UK place.constituency_westminster: Putney
UK place.post_town: LONDON
UK place.postcode_area: SW
UK place.postcode_district: SW18
UK place.dial_code: 020
UK place.os_grid_reference: TQ255755
UK place.static_image_name: (former) Ram Brewery complex and Brewery Tap pub.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: The former Ram Brewery, a landmark in Wandsworth's town centre
UK place.population: 18,072
UK place.population_ref: (Wandsworth Town as of 2021 census)
UK place.charingX_distance_mi: 4.2
UK place.charingX_direction: NE
UK place.constituency_westminster1: Tooting
UK place.constituency_westminster2: Battersea

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections

Contents

Toponymy
History
Brewing
Gas and power
World War I: The Wandsworth Battalion
Geography
Transport
Places of worship
Governance
See also
References
Further reading
External links

==Toponymy== Wandsworth takes its name from the River Wandle, which enters the Thames at Wandsworth. Wandsworth appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Wandesorde and Wendelesorde. This means 'enclosure of (a man named) Waendel', whose name is also lent to the River Wandle. To distinguish it from the London Borough of Wandsworth, and historically from the Wandsworth District of the Metropolis and the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, which all covered larger areas, it is also known as Wandsworth Town.

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