Editing London Borough of Wandsworth (section)

==History==
The area of the modern borough was historically part of the county of [[Surrey]]. From 1856 the area was governed by the [[Metropolitan Board of Works]], which was established to provide services across the [[metropolis]] of London.<ref name="ReferenceA">[[Metropolis Management Act 1855]] (18 & 19 Vict. c. 120)</ref> In 1889 the Metropolitan Board of Works' area was made the [[County of London]]. From 1856 until 1900 the lower tier of local government within the metropolis comprised various [[List of London vestries and district boards|parish vestries and district boards]]. One such district was the [[Wandsworth District (Metropolis)|Wandsworth District]], containing the six parishes of [[Battersea]],{{efn|Excluding the parish's [[exclave]] of [[Penge]]}} [[Clapham]], [[Putney]], [[Streatham]], [[Tooting Graveney]] and [[Wandsworth]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/> In 1888 Battersea was removed from the district to be governed by its own [[vestry]]. In 1900 the lower tier was reorganised into [[Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London|metropolitan boroughs]]. The parish of Battersea became the [[Metropolitan Borough of Battersea]] and the Wandsworth District became the [[Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth]].<ref>[[London Government Act 1899]] (62 & 63 Vict. c. 14)</ref>

The modern borough was created in 1965 under the [[London Government Act 1963]]. It covered the former borough of Battersea and the majority of the former borough of Wandsworth, but excluding the Clapham and Streatham areas, which went to [[London Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]].<ref>{{cite book | first=Frederic |last=Youngs | title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England | volume=I: Southern England | year=1979 | publisher=[[Royal Historical Society]] | location=London | isbn=0-901050-67-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Greater London: Diagram showing administrative boundaries, 1965 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/241243420 |website=National Library of Scotland |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=29 April 2024}}</ref>