Wandsworth District (Metropolis)

The district comprised the following civil parishes: • Battersea (1855—1888) excluding Penge exclave • Clapham • Putney • Streatham, including Knight's Hill exclave • Tooting Graveney • Wandsworth The district included the small Knight's Hill exclave of Streatham parish, but did not include the Penge exclave of Battersea parish. ==Governance==

Under the Metropolis Management Act 1855 any parish that exceeded 2,000 ratepayers was to be divided into wards; as such the parish of Clapham within the Wandsworth District Boards of Works was divided into two wards (electing vestrymen): No. 1 or North (21) and No. 2 or South (15). In 1873 as its population had increased the parish of Battersea was divided into four wards (electing vestrymen): No. 1 (18), No. 2 (21), No. 3 (21) and No. 4 (12). In 1883 as its population had increased the parish of Streatham was divided into three wards (electing vestrymen): No. 1 or Balham (21), No. 2 or North Streatham (18) and No. 3 or South Streatham (9). In 1894 as its population had increased the parish of Wandsworth was divided into six wards (electing vestrymen): Southfield (21), Northfield (15), Fairfield (24), Heathfield (15), Earlsfield (15) and Springfield (18). ==Abolition==

In 1888 the Battersea parish was removed from the district under the Metropolis Management (Battersea and Westminster) Act 1887, and the Battersea Vestry became the local authority for Battersea. The remaining district was abolished in 1900 and its former area became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, except for the Knight's Hill exclave of Streatham which became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth. ==References==