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The '''London Borough of Wandsworth''' is an inner London Borough, south of the Thames, originally part of [[Surrey]]. Apart from the town of the same name, localities within the borough include [[Balham]], [[Battersea]], [[Putney]] and [[Tooting]]. | [[File:St. Anne's Church, St. Ann's Crescent, Wandsworth. - geograph.org.uk - 20226.jpg|thumb|St Anne's Church, Wandsworth]]The '''London Borough of Wandsworth''' is an inner London Borough, south of the Thames, originally part of [[Surrey]]. Apart from the town of the same name, localities within the borough include [[Balham]], [[Battersea]], [[Putney]] and [[Tooting]]. | ||
Prior to 1965 the old Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth included Clapham and Streatham, but these became part of the [[London Borough of Lambeth]] although Clapham Junction Station and part of [[Clapham Common]] | Prior to 1965 the old Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth included Clapham and Streatham, but these became part of the [[London Borough of Lambeth]] although Clapham Junction Station and part of [[Clapham Common]] remain in Wandsworth. | ||
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Revision as of 15:58, 25 May 2014
The London Borough of Wandsworth is an inner London Borough, south of the Thames, originally part of Surrey. Apart from the town of the same name, localities within the borough include Balham, Battersea, Putney and Tooting.
Prior to 1965 the old Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth included Clapham and Streatham, but these became part of the London Borough of Lambeth although Clapham Junction Station and part of Clapham Common remain in Wandsworth.
LGBT history
There was a Wandsworth-Richmond CHE Group in the 1970s.
There is a Wandsworth LGBT Forum.[1]
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