Wandsworth District (Metropolis)

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Wandsworth was a local government district within the metropolitan area of London, 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.

Until 1889 the district was in the county of Surrey, but included in the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works. In 1889 the area of the MBW was constituted the County of London, and the district board became a local authority under the London County Council.

Since 1965 the former area of the district corresponds to the London Borough of Wandsworth and the Clapham and Streatham areas to the south west of the London Borough of Lambeth.

[edit] AreaThe district comprised the following civil parishes:[1]


 * Battersea (1855—1888)
 * Clapham
 * Putney
 * Streatham
 * Tooting Graveney
 * Wandsworth

The district was abolished in 1900 and became the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.