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Story of Wandsworth

Medieval villages

After the withdrawal of the Romans in 410 AD, Britain was settled by Angles, Saxons and Jutes from northern Europe. They founded the settlements that grew into today's villages and towns. Some Anglo-Saxon objects have been found locally but more important proof that they lived here can be found in many of the places names we use today.

Anglo-Saxon names for places in Wandsworth
Current name Anglo-Saxon name Probable meaning
Balham Baelgenham A rounded enclosure
Battersea Batricesege Beaudric's Island
Putney Puttenhythe Putta's hythe or landing place
Tooting Totinge The farm of Tota's people
Wandsworth Waendelsorde Waendel's enclosure
  1. Introduction
  2. Prehistoric times
  3. Roman lives
  4. You are here: 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. A new landscape
  22. The Festival of Britain and the Coronation
  23. The 1960s – amalgamation of the boroughs
  24. The Changing face of Wandsworth

Hyde Farm, Balham
This farm, which stood on land now occupied by Emmanuel Road, is known to have been in existence by the 1620s.

St. Nicholas' Church, Tooting
This Saxon church survived until the 1830s, when it was replaced by the present building.

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