The History of Wandsworth Common

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Morning Advertiser — Tuesday 06 February 1855

Spencer Lodge demolished and its materials for sale



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Valuable Building Materials of Spencer Lodge, Spencer-road, Wandsworth-road, and adjoining the Clapham-common Railway Station.

MR. F. HALL has been favoured with instructions to Sell by Auction, on the Premises, as above, To-morrow, Feb 7. and following day, at 12 for 1 precisely (on account of the number of lots), the excellent MATERIALS the above Mansion and offices, comprising 250,000 stock bricks, 10,000 slates and pantiles, large timber, long joist plates, quartering and rafters, 30 pairs modem sashes and frames, and handsome French casements, 60 internal room and other doors, handsome maple doors and fittings library, statuary and Sienna marble pieces, pair of handsome Scaghola columns, 60 squares of clean flooring-boards and battens, folding entrance-doors, pair of large yard-gates, handsome register and other stoves 20 square of paving, flight of Portland steps, stone coping, rills and paving tiles, slate cisterns, verandas, kitchen fittings, a large quantity of useful old iron, firewood laths, &c.

May be viewed, and Catalogues had on the premises; and of Mr. R. Hall, Building Material and General Auctioneer, Chester-street, Kennington.

[Morning Advertiser, 6 Feb 1855 (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001427/18550206/074/0008) ]

Bell's Life in London — 4 March 1855

Cricket on the ice



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Cricket on the ice

The match was played on the Black Sea, Wandsworth Common, on Friday week, between 11 players of Battersea and 11 of Wandsworth, which, after a hard contest, ended in favour of Battersea by 21 runs.

On Saturday a match was played between 22 players from Messrs Price's Battersea. Score; J Allen's side 57 and 27 total 84 with seven wickets to go down; G Steer's side first innings 27.

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South London Chronicle — Saturday 08 February 1868 Scspected Suicide at the " Black Sea," Wandsworth-common. On Saturday afternoon Mr. W. Carter, tho coroner, proceeded with an inquiry, in the Board-room of the Wandsworth Union, Battersea Rise, respecting tho death of a female child about five months old, who was found in pond called the Black Sea at Wandsworth-common. Evidence having been adduced respecting tiie finding of the child, and tending to the suspicion that its unfortunate mother had committed suicide, the jury returned the following vordict: That the deceased child was wilfully murdered by being thrown into a pond called the Black Sea, but they (the jury) further say by what person or persona the evidence before them fails to prove. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000443/18680208/018/0003

The Times — 14 May 1855

Railway company arrangements



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The Times — 14 May 1855

Clerkenwell News — Friday 05 November 1869 Wandsworth Common. With reference to the state of the Black Sea, a letter was read from the Vestry Clerk of Battersea, forwarding the following resolution: "That the attention the Wandsworth Board of Works be called to the present filthy and unhealthy condition of the Black Sea, Wandsworth-common, with a hope that steps will be taken to remedy it." Referred for the necessary steps to be taken. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001000/18691105/048/0004

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