The History of Wandsworth Common


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Last modified: 4 October 2026

The people and families who appear in the history of Wandsworth Common, from Tudor lords of the manor to wartime schoolchildren. Pages marked “in preparation” are placeholders for people still to be written up.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

191 people and families

A

— Amelia Alfrey [Alfery, Alfred] and family

— John Archer

— Tottie Armour

— Thomas Astle (1744–1803) — antiquary; Keeper of the Recordsin preparation

B

— Muriel Baldrey [married name Johnson]

— The Barchard family

— Cicely Mary Barkerin preparation

— Bassin preparation

— H.M. Batemanin preparation

— Charlotte Bennett

— Elizabeth Beresfordin preparation

— F. Bertolacciin preparation

— Walter Besantin preparation

— PY Betts

— Ernest Bevin

— The Bevington family

— Geoffrey Bevingtonin preparation

— Bickerdikein preparation

— Jack Black

— Jonathan Black

— John Bonner (1833–1903) — publican, Surrey Tavern; cricketin preparation

— Mrs Braddon, Mary Elizabeth Maxwell

— Gordon Bradleyin preparation

— Clive Bransonin preparation

— Sergeant John Breeze

— George Brudenell Bruce

— John Buckmaster — commons campaigner 1869

— Stanley Buckmaster (1861–1934) — School Board candidate 1885; later Lord Chancellorin preparation

— John Burns

C

— Andrew Cameron

— Elizabeth Caon

— Lewis Carroll

— Angela Carter

— Irene Caudwell, Job Caudwell

— Henry Cavendishin preparation

— Philip Cazenove (1799–1880) — Huguenot; stockbroker; philanthropist; church-buildernotes

— John Erskine Clarke — vicar of Battersea; church-builder; Conservator

— "Henry Clay" / "Lord Fitzroy Lennox" — the Battersea Claimant

— [forename] Compton-Smith

— Revd John Conder, his wife, and childrenin preparation

— Cook sistersin preparation

— Charlotte Cooper

— AA Corsellis

— John Costeker

— Mary Coventry [nee Bevington]in preparation

— Millis Coventryin preparation

— Thomas Crapper

— Alice Crosse

— Cumminsin preparation

D

— Johnson Da Silva

— Mrs Daubenyin preparation

— Davisin preparation

— John Henry Dearle

— Hugh Welch Diamond

— Charles Dickens

— Dixonsin preparation

— George Donald, the last shepherd on Wandsworth Commonin preparation

— Harry Gordon Dorrett & Paul Martin

— Bartholomew Peter Drouet, Tooting "child farmer"

— The DuBuisson family

— The Duval family

— Marie Duval / Isabelle Ross / Isabella Tessier

E

— C. Ecclesin preparation

— J.P. Edein preparation

— Ron Elam

— Gus Elen

— Rita Ensing

F

— Edmund Fisher

— Edward William Fithian — Commons Preservation Society; barrister; Conservator candidate 1884; School Board candidate 1885in preparation

— Peter Le Neve Foster

— Paul Fourdrinier (1698–1758) — Huguenot; engraver; Mount Nodnotes

G

— Leonora Kathleen Green

— Grevallein preparation

— Hieronymus Grimm

— Francis Grose and Samuel Hieronymus Grimm

H

— Thomas Hardy

— Major Rohde Hawkinsin preparation

— John Helstonin preparation

— Octavia Hillin preparation

— John Hobbsin preparation

— Edith Holden — Matron, 3rd London General Hospital

— Holloway Brothers

— Arthur Hopkins

— Hudson family: Hilda Phoebe Hudson and Ronald Hudson

— Arthur Hughes

— Hunterin preparation

— Robert Hunter

— Thomas Henry Huxley

I

— Noel Irving

J

— George Jennings

— Pamela Hansford Johnsonin preparation

— Walter Johnson

K

— Kalulu [and Henry Morton Stanley]

— James and Christopher Kaye

L

— James Lamb

— C. Lambertin preparation

— Dan Leno

— David Lloyd George

— George Lohmann (1865–1901) — cricketer; Church Institute CC

— Mabel Looms

— Emily Jane Ward (nee Lord), 1850–1930

— Henrietta Frances Lord

— James Lordin preparation

— Vernon Lorimer

— Lovegrove family

— Frederick W. Lucas — School Board candidate 1885; opponent of Fithianin preparation

M

— Albert and Frances (nee Pringle) Mansbridge

— Frances Mansbridge, nee Pringle

— Gideon Mantell

— Henry Mayhew

— Henry McKellar (d. 1862) — landowner; encloser; Sygun copper mine; Chelsea Bridgein preparation

— Meyerin preparation

— A.A. Milnein preparation

— Henry Morris

— William Morrisin preparation

— Henry Moseleyin preparation

— The Moseley and Nottidge families

— Edward William Mountford and wifein preparation

— Ward Muir

N

— The Neal/Neale familyin preparation

— C.R.W. Nevinson

— Margaret Nevinson

— James Newsome

— Arthur Newton

O

— Paul Oppitzin preparation

— Ouldsin preparation

P

— Peter Paggen (d. 1720) — Huguenot? merchant; slave trade; Mount Nod

— Oswald Parsons

— Shirley Passmore

— Sir Henry Peekin preparation

— Henry Perkins

— Endymion Porter and descendants

— H.E.B. Bruce Porter

— Beatrix Potter

— Potter familyin preparation

— Joseph Prestwich

— Charles Prichard

R

— Arthur Rackham

— Edwin Rayner Ransome — lawn-mower manufacturer; Conservator

— Reynolds (J. C. Buckmaster's lawyer)in preparation

— Elizabeth Richards

— J. Rosein preparation

— James Anderson Rose — solicitor; Whistler's lawyer; Conservator candidate 1884

S

— The De Selincourt family

— Jane Hughes, wife of John Nassau Seniorin preparation

— N. Seniorin preparation

— Pippa Sharp

— George Shaw-Lefevrein preparation

— George Shearing

— Sophia and Thomas Sheppard

— Benni, Bella and Ruth Spanier

— John Poyntz Spencer — 5th Earl

— The Spencer family

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

— John Traviss Squire

— Bolingbroke / St John familyin preparation

— Sydney Stern, Lord Wandsworth

— Joan Styan — Memories of WWII

— Samuel Sullings

T

— Tom Taylor

— Edward and Helen Thomas

— Hugh Thomson

— John Mills Thorne (d. 1913) — owner of Trinity Fields from 1898in preparation

— Thorne Familyin preparation

— John Tod Thyne

— Todd family

— Sarah Tonks

— Arthur Twilley

V

— Elizabeth Vanderhoven (d. 1749/50) — Huguenot; will

— Chad Varah

— Henry B. Verdon — first vicar of St Michael'sin preparation

W

— Louis Wainin preparation

— Warringtonin preparation

— Kate/Catherine Webster

— Carel Weight

— H. Whitingin preparation

— M. Whitingin preparation

— Samuel Wilberforce

— William Wilberforce

— Oscar Wildein preparation

— Edwin Wilson

— Ellen Barchard Wilsonin preparation

— George Fergusson Wilson, the Wilson family

— Wilson family (Beeches)

— Henrietta Wollaston / Lady Pollock

— Other Wollastons

— Wombwellin preparation

— Francis Derwent Wood

— Theodore Woodin preparation

— James T. Woollen — letter-writer 1884; Fithian supporterin preparation

— The Wright brothers (aviation pioneers, not Wilbur and Orville)in preparation

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