The History of Wandsworth Common

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BOUNDARIES, BEATING THE BOUNDS, PERAMBULATIONS

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— A circumnavigation of Wandsworth Common  . . . 

— Beating Battersea's Bounds, May 2025  . . . 

— Boundary posts, markers etc  . . . 

— Boundary maps . . . 

— Parishes . . . 

— PastTense . . . 

— Beating the Bounds, 1862 . . . 

— Emanuel School — Beating the Bounds, [DATE?] . . . 

— Perambulation of Wandsworth, 1788 (Wandsworth Historian 71 and 72). . . . 

— The ditch across Clapham Common . . . 

— Clapham Parish Boundary, David Batten, 1841 . . . 

[CHECK: Is this the same as:

— Clapham Parish Boundary, David Batten revised by George Hyde Wollaston, 1841

— Taylor, Our Lady of Baterseye, Appendix A (grants, perambulations, boundaries) . . . 

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General essays etc about boundaries

— Past Tense, "Beating the Bounds, [DATE?]  . . .  (pdf)

— Past Tense, "Beating the Bounds, [DATE?] . . .  (html)

— TEXT . . . 

— TEXT . . . 

— TEXT . . . 

— Keith Bailey . . . , YEAR  . . . 

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Perambulations, Beating the bounds

— george-hyde-wollaston-battersea-clapham-boundary-1824.html" target="_blank">George Hyde Wollston, Battersea-Clapham Boundary 1824 . . . 

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— TEXT . . . 

Perambulation / Beating the Bounds, Battersea Parish, 1862

Beating the bounds, Battersea, 1862

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"Beating the Bounds in Battersea", The Parish Dial, 7 June 1862, highlighted by PB on the contemporary Stanford's 6-inch Library Map of London 1862. The perambulation proceeds clockwise, in customary fashion, beginning and ending near the parish church of St Mary's.

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https://www.oss.org.uk/need-to-know-more/information-hub/beating-the-bounds-of-your-local-common-or-green/

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PastTense: "All This week: Beating the Bounds"

Excellent summary of possible origins and significance.

Copy on this website: PastTense: Mudlark121: Beating the bounds (9 May 2021)

Original online source: PastTense: Mudlark121: All This Week: Beating the Bounds (9 May 2021)

Saved as a pdf: PastTense: Mudlark121: All This Week: Beating the Bounds (9 May 2021)

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ADD the late C18 Wandsworth perambulation.

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Council? boundaries 1905

What exactly is this boundary? Presumably Council rather than Parliamentary? Notice it now zig-zags to take account of new buildings and gardens etc. But much of it is the same as the old parish boundaries. Notice e.g. Wiseton Rd is divided north and south. Notice "Boundaries" Road.

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