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Story of Wandsworth

Schools and other services

Photo of pupils at Gideon Road School, Battersea, c. 1890
Pupils at Gideon Road School,
Battersea, c. 1890

New services were required to meet the needs of the growing population. Hospitals, churches, schools, libraries and public parks were opened. The police force was enlarged and fire and ambulance services provided.

Photo of Putney Police Station and Magistrate's Court, Putney Bridge Road, c. 1900

 

 

 

Police Station and Magistrate's
Court, Putney Bridge Road, c. 1900

  1. Introduction
  2. Prehistoric times
  3. Roman lives
  4. Medieval villages
  5. Tudor and Stuart times
  6. Civil war
  7. Refugees from Europe
  8. Georgian Wandsworth
  9. The Mayor of Garratt
  10. The Surrey Iron Railway
  11. The railway revolution
  12. Factories and furnaces
  13. Building the suburbs
  14. You are here: Schools and other services
  15. Time off
  16. Radical Battersea
  17. The First World War
  18. The 1920s and 1930s
  19. The Second World War
  20. Into the 50s
  21. A new landscape
  22. The Festival of Britain and the Coronation
  23. The 1960s – amalgamation of the boroughs
  24. The Changing face of Wandsworth

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