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Wandsworth

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Wandsworth

Inner borough of southwest central Greater London

features made famous for hats in the 18th century by influx of Huguenot refugees who were skilled hatters (Roman cardinals ordered their hats from here); mills on River Wandle; Wandsworth Prison (1857); brewing industry (important since the 16th century); Battersea Park and Putney Heath are both in the borough; Battersea Power Station (1937, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott) industries light engineering, brewing, paint, candles, computers population (1991) 252,400.



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It lay very high upon a turfy down, and looking north-eastward before I entered it, I was surprised to see a large estuary, or even creek, where I judged Wandsworth and Battersea must once have been.
The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context
, the "Howling Wilderness," the "Washerwoman of Wandsworth Common," and the "British Soldier's best Bayonet," which, bent upon awakening her before she slept, Mrs.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
And I saw one, one day, out by Wandsworth, picking houses to pieces and routing among the wreckage.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
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