Wandsworth

Wandsworth town is a district of south London within the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is situated 4.6 miles southwest of Charing Cross. The place is diagnosed inside the London Plan as certainly one of 35 major centres in Greater London. At the time of the Domesday Book, the manor of Wandsworth changed into held partially via William, son of Ansculfy, and in part by using St Wandrille's Abbey. Its Domesday assets have been 12 hides, with 5½ ploughs and 22 acres of meadow. It rendered £9.

Since at least the early 16th century, Wandsworth has supplied lodging to consecutive waves of immigration, from Protestant Dutch metalworkers fleeing persecution in the 1590s to current Eastern European participants of the European Union. Wandsworth has a low foreign born population, in comparison to London as a whole, at 28.1%. The most usual overseas born populace is South African. The former wharf place of the river-front is now covered with new rental blocks, with numerous bars and eating places. Notable pubs include the Ship Inn and the Waterfront, at the western and jap aspect of Wandsworth Bridge respectively.