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Last modified: 2 November 2026

Wandsworth Common as it was and is
A map of 1889

A map of 1889 showing how much of Wandsworth Common had been lost. In its own words it was “photographed from the (6-inch) Ordnance Survey taken in 1866–70, and corrected down to date”. What was still common is coloured green; the pieces taken from it are coloured pink and yellow and numbered, among them the grounds of the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum, the land by the railway at Wandsworth Common station, and the new streets to the south.

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The map. Drawn over the six-inch Ordnance Survey of 1866–70, so the ground beneath is as it was about 1868, with later changes added. The numbers refer to a list that is not on this sheet.

This copy. A photograph of the printed page, title and caption included, cleaned up: the paper and lighting evened out, the colours strengthened and the print sharpened.

See also. The Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 1860s, the map it was drawn over, and Stanford’s Library Map, 1877.

Prepared by Philip Boys, with Claude.

Build 2.