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	Familia: London Borough of Wandsworth
		1861: Parishes of Battersea, Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting Graveney and Wandsworth
		1871: Parishes of Battersea, Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting Graveney and Wandsworth
		1881: Parishes of Battersea, Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting Graveney and Wandsworth
	www.familia.org.uk /services/london/wandsworth.html (202 words)

	Battersea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battersea is an area of London lying on the south bank of the River Thames.
		It was in 1965 combined with the neighbouring Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth to form the London Borough of Wandsworth.
		In the period from 1880 onwards, Battersea was known as a centre of radical politics in the United Kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battersea (1318 words)

	The Arms of the Former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Arms of the Former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea
		The Arms of the Former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea were installed in the sanctuary of the church when the borough became part of the current Borough of Wandsworth in 1965.
		Sprigs of lavender behind the bird commemorate the importance of Lavender Hill as a source of the plant for London, and the wavy blue lines of the shield call to mind the centrality of the river as a source of food and avenue of transport in Battersea's history.
	home.clara.net /pkennington/VirtualTour/Armsofbattersea.htm (116 words)

	London Borough of Wandsworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The London Borough of Wandsworth is a London borough in southwest London.
		It was formed in 1965 from the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and much of the former Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, but excluding Clapham and most of Streatham, both of which were transferred to the London Borough of Lambeth.
		Whilst the borough council is solidly Conservative, the borough elected three Labour MPs in 1997 and 2001 and two Labour and one Conservative in 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/London_Borough_of_Wandsworth (208 words)

	BATTERSEA - LoveToKnow Article on BATTERSEA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The principal thoroughfares are Wandsworth Road and Battersea Park and York Roads from east to west, connected north and south with the Victoria or Chelsea, Albert and Battersea bridges over the Thames.
		Battersea is a district mainly consisting of artisans houses, and there are several large factories by the river.
		Battersea is,in,the parliamentary borough of Battersea and Clapham, including the whole of the Battersea division and part of the Clapham division., The borough council consists of a mayor, 9 aldermen and 54 :ouncillors.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BA/BATTERSEA.htm (340 words)

	London Boroughs - Removal companies - Removals London - Free moving quotes by removal companies
		The borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of the Middlesex borough of Twickenham with the Surrey boroughs of Richmond upon Thames and Barnes.
		The borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of the Kent boroughs of Bexley, and Erith and the Crayford urban district, and half of Chislehurst and Sidcup urban district.
		Havering is bordered to the south by the Thames and the London Borough of Bexley, to the west by the London Borough of Redbridge and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, to the north with Essex and the east with Thurrock.
	www.removalfirms.net /London/Boroughs.html (2406 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Battersea
		Its north east corner is one mile due south of the Palace of Westminster; the north east corner is demarcated by the Wandsworth Bridge, and Battersea tapers south to a point roughly three miles from the north east corner and two miles from the north west.
		Population growth in the 18th century demanded new arrangements, and the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea was created in 1900, with the boundaries described above.
		Bridges erected across the Thames encouraged growth; Putney Bridge, a mile to the west, was built in 1729, and Battersea Bridge in the centre of the north boundary in 1771.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Battersea (1325 words)

	Metropolitan Borough of Battersea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Metropolitan Borough of Battersea was a metropolitan borough of the County of London of England between 1899 and 1965.
		In 1965 it was abolished and its area combined with parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth to form the London Borough of Wandsworth.
		The Metropolitan Borough included within its bounds Battersea, Battersea Park, Clapham Junction and parts of Wandsworth Common and Clapham Common.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Battersea (107 words)

	WANDSBEK - LoveToKnow Article on WANDSBEK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		WANDS WORTH, a south-western metropolitan borough of London, England, bounded N. by the river Thames and Batter-sea, and E. by Lambeth, and extending S. and W. to the boundary of the county of London.
		Wands-worth is the largest in area of the metropolitan boroughs, including the districts of Putney by the river, part of Clapham in the north-east, Streatham in the south-east, Balham and Upper and Lower Tooting in the centre and south.
		The borough council consists of a mayor, 10 aldermen and 60 councillors.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WA/WANDSBEK.htm (437 words)

	Battersea -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Battersea is a place in the (additional info and facts about London Borough of Wandsworth) London Borough of Wandsworth, (A division of the United Kingdom) England.
		Battersea's radical reputation gave rise to the (additional info and facts about Brown Dog affair) Brown Dog affair, when in 1904 the National Anti-Vivisection Society sought permission to erect a drinking fountain celebrating the life of a dog killed by vivisection.
		Thus from the late 18th century to comparatively recent times, Battersea, and certainly north Battersea, was established as an industrial area, with all of the issues associated with pollution and poor housing affecting it.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/B/Ba/Battersea.htm (1446 words)

	London
		The London metropolitan area (6,267 sq miles, 16,043 sq kilometers) had a population of 13,945,000 - larger than the combined populations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
		It is the largest metropolitan area in Europe, and one of the World's largest 20.
		Battersea Power Station and the Millennium Dome are two architecturally interesting buildings which currently stand empty, as no permanent use has been decided for them.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/london.html (1943 words)

	Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich @ BaseballLiving.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1899 and 1965.
		It was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich to form the London Borough of Greenwich.
		It bordered the boroughs of Woolwich, Deptford, Lewisham.
	www.baseballliving.com /about/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Greenwich (66 words)

	Borough of Wandsworth
		The boundaries marking the London Borough of Wandsworth were established in 1965 by merging the former metropolitan borough of Battersea with approximately two-thirds of what then constituted Wandsworth.
		Battersea Bridge was rebuilt in 1890 with the current structure replacing a wooden bridge (late 18th century) that was the subject of a nocturne by the American-born artist James McNeill Whistler.
		Battersea Park itself was opened in 1853 by Queen Victoria on the Thames riverfront and many of the park's notable features date from the late 19th century.
	www.mywandsworth.co.uk /wandsworth/community-history.htm (1360 words)

	CIVIC HERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND WALES-LONDON, COUNTY OF (OBSOLETE)
		The Borough was formed by the amalgamation of the Parishes of Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, St. Olave, St. John Horselydown and St. Thomas Southwark, of which the first three are represented in the Arms.
		The supporters denote the two inns of court in the Borough, the lion being that of the De Lacys, Earls of Lincoln, whose London house became Lincoln's Inn, and the griffin being from the arms of Gray's Inn.
		The Borough was formed by the amalgamation of the Parishes of St. Saviour (formerly St. Mary Overy), St. Mary Newington, St. George the Martyr and Christ Church.
	www.civicheraldry.co.uk /lcc.html (3371 words)

	BATTERSEA - Encyclopedia Britannica - BATTERSEA - JCSM's Study Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Battersea is in the parliamentary borough of Battersea and Clapham, including the.
		The borough council consists of a mayor, 9 aldermen and 54 councillors.
		Battersea Fields, bordering the river, were formerly a favourite resort, so that the park also perpetuates a memory.
	www.jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Encyclopedia_Britannica/BAR_BEC/BATTERSEA.html (521 words)

	Wandsworth Borough Police \| History of Wandsworth Borough
		Battersea Police Station was opened on 7th August 1861, and came under V Division.
		In 1921 Battersea Police Station was transferred from V to L Division, and with a subsequent revision of boundaries in 1932, was transferred to W Division.
		Old Battersea lost its village identity and the influences of neighbouring Chelsea and Wandsworth, with their style, bureaucracy and money, changed most of what was familiar, and Battersea soon became a satellite station, full of high rise estates, and new residents.
	www.met.police.uk /wandsworth/history.htm (1948 words)

	Wikinfo \| Battersea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Battersea is part of the London Borough of Wandsworth.
		It is famous for Battersea Power Station an impressive, but disused edifice designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (featured, with flying pig, on the sleeve art of Pink Floyd's album 'Animals'), Battersea Park, Battersea Dog's Home and London's busiest heliport.
		William Blake was married at St Mary's Church at the heart of the old village of Battersea.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Battersea (245 words)

	Battersea biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Battersea Park, a 200 acre (0.83 km²) green space laid out by Sir James Pennethorne between 1846 and 1864 and opened in 1858, and home to a zoo and the London Peace Pagoda.
		Battersea's radical reputation gave rise to the Brown Dog affair, when in 1904 the National Anti-Vivisection Seciety sought permission to erect a drinking fountain celebrating the life of a dog killed by vivisection.
		The fountain, forming a plinth for the statue of a brown dog, was installed near in the Latchmere Recreational Grounds, became a cause celebre, fought over in riots and battles between medical students and the local populice until its removal in 1910.
	battersea.biography.ms (1082 words)

	BATTERSEA
		Battersea Power Station was the first in a series of very large (for the era) electrical generators set up in England in order to nationalize the grid.
		Their first plant was planned for the Battersea area on the south bank of the River Thames in London.
		The Metropolitan Borough of Battersea was a metropolitan borough of the County of London between 1888 and 1965, when it was combined with parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth to form the London Borough of Wandsworth.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Ba/Battersea.html (1336 words)

	Articles - Metropolitan Borough of Westminster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Metropolitan Borough of Westminster (also known as the City of Westminster) was a metropolitan borough in the County of London from 1899 to 1965.
		It was abolished in 1965 and its area became part of the London Borough also to be known as the City of Westminster along with the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington and the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone.
		It was formed from various parishes, including the old borough of Westminster, and St George's Hanover Square and St Martin-in-the-Fields.
	www.motionize.com /articles/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Westminster (126 words)

	WANDSWORTH - Online Information article about WANDSWORTH
		These aremainly residential districts, and the borough is not thickly populated.
		Barnes Common, parts of which are in the borough.
		Battersea, Tooting Bec (147 acres) and Streatham Common (66 acres), and Wands-worth Park bordering the Thames.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /VIR_WAT/WANDSWORTH.html (459 words)

	Articles - County of London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The county was abolished in 1965 and was replaced by the much larger Greater London, which took in nearly all of Middlesex, along with much of Surrey, Kent, Essex and part of Hertfordshire.
		Eleven years after its foundation, in 1899, the County of London was divided into 28 metropolitan boroughs, which replaced the ancient parishes and vestries as the second tier of local government.
		When the County of London was abolished in 1965 these metropolition boroughs were merged to form 12 London boroughs.
	www.wathcesa.com /articles/County_of_London (279 words)

	Battersea - London Battersea Flatshare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Battersea Dogs Home is the largest and most famous dogs' home in the UK.
		Battersea Power Station has been crumbling away since shutting more then 20 years ago, but its landmark four chimneys still enjoy iconic status.
		London: Battersea and Clapham, Borough of, Maps for the study of Local History in London, England.
	toplnk.com /tpl/battersea.htm (231 words)

	Society&Animal Forum - Society & Animals Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Moreover, in contrast to the practice of Landseer, commissioned to paint the corpse of dogs brought to his studio by a caregiver (owner) as a form of private mourning, the purpose of these sculptures is to make a public commemoration of a dead dog.
		Battersea in the first years of the twentieth century was also a place in which particular human politics thrived.
		The Latchmere recreation ground and the surrounding borough were under the political control of the Conservative party; because of contemporary political contestations, the replacement statue -- recalling past controversies -- now needed to be erected in another place, the GLC-run Battersea park.
	www.psyeta.org /sa/sa11.4/kean.shtml (4505 words)

	Articles - Metropolitan Borough of Paddington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Metropolitan Borough of Paddington was a metropolitan borough of the County of London between 1899 and 1965, when it was merged into the London Borough of Westminster.
		It was that part of the London Borough of Westminster west of Edgware Road and Maida Vale, and north of Bayswater Road.
		To the south it bordered the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster, to the east, the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone.
	www.findize.com /articles/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Paddington (114 words)

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		In boroughs which are divided into more than one constituency there is a considerable number of voters who have qualifications in more than one division.
		The Metropolitan boroughs are divided into wards returning from three to nine members, each elector giving one vote apiece to candidates up to the number to be returned.
		These defects may be classified under three heads: (1) often a gross exaggeration of the strength of the victorious party; (2) sometimes a complete disfranchisement of the minority; and (3) at other times a failure of a majority of citizens to obtain their due share of representation.
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	Cemeteries and crematorium - Home
		Battersea New Cemetery was opened in 1891 and has a chapel where services can be conducted.
		This cemetery has been declared a site of metropolitan importance for nature conservation due to the variety of rare grasses and wildflowers found here.
		Putney Lower Common Cemetery is the smallest cemetery in the borough and opened in 1855 with the burial land having been exhausted many years ago.
	www.wandsworth.gov.uk /Home/CommunityServices/Cemeteries (1603 words)

	Civic Freedoms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The 4th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment (TA) were admitted as Freemen of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea on the 29th January 1964.
		On the formation of The Queen’s Regiment, the Boroughs of Guildford, Kingston-upon-Thames and Reigate and Banstead extended the civic honour of Freemen on the new Queen’s Regiment.
		The London Borough of Wandsworth adopted B Company, 6th (Territorial) Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment (Queen’s Surreys) on 4th October 1967.
	www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk /civicfreedoms/civicfreedoms.html (363 words)

	www.navs.org.uk \| about \| history of navs 1875 - 2003 The little brown dog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The memorial was unveiled by the Mayor of Battersea on 15 September 1906.
		The local people of Battersea, meanwhile, had grown rather attached to their canine friend and were determined that no harm should come to it.
		An attempt to persuade Battersea Metropolitan Borough Council to sanction the proposal to remove the inscription failed; most councillors believed that the inscription was based upon fact.
	navs.org.uk /about/125/browndog.htm (1961 words)

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