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Story of Wandsworth

A new landscape

Model of The Alton Estate West, Roehampton
The Alton Estate West, Roehampton
Built by the London County Council
between 1955 and 1959

In the 50s and 60s, inner London boroughs like Wandsworth and Battersea were transformed by massive rebuilding schemes. At first, London County Council and the local authorities build low-rise flats and cottage estates. However, the housing shortage was not being solved quickly enough and both Conservative and Labour Governments opted for a vigorous programme of high-rise building. Many local people moved to the outer suburbs, like Croydon, or to one of the new towns, such as Crawley.

  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. 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. You are here: 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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