METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH

The 'Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth' was a metropolitan borough under the London County Council, from 1900 to 1965.
The borough was formed from five civil parishes: Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting Graveney and Wandsworth. Before 1899 these parishes, together with Battersea, had been administered by the 'Wandsworth District Board of Works'.
When the metropolitan boroughs were replaced with larger London boroughs in 1965, this borough was split. The core area of Wandsworth (about 11 km²) became part of the London Borough of Wandsworth, along with the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea, but the areas of Streatham and Clapham (totalling 4km²) became part of the London Borough of Lambeth.

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Population and area

References

Population and area

The Borough covered 9,130 acres, which made it the largest in the County of London. The population recorded in the Census was:
'Civil Parish 1801-1899'

Year[1]	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
Population	14,283	17,963	22,726	27,779	33,238	40,204	50,803	71,044	103,172	156,942	232,024

References

★ Vision of Britain
1. Statistical Abstract for London, 1901 (Vol. IV); Census tables for Metropolitan Borough of Battersea