The Perambulation of Wandsworth Parish Boundaries in 1788

The Perambulation of Wandsworth Parish Boundaries in 1788

First instalment of a two-part transcription of the Wandsworth Vestry Minutes of May 1788 reporting the Perambulation that had taken place earlier in the month of parish boundaries, and checking of enclosures of common land. Church-warden Charles Rooke's account is given with original spellings and punctuation. Minor changes are denoted by enclosure in square brackets as are reference letters to sites on the sketch maps; inserted superscript numerals refer to editorial foot-notes giving additional information. (The Vestry Minutes are in the Archives of the Local History Library at Battersea and printed here with permission.)

[WH 71, p. 9]AT A General Meeting of the Parishioners in a Free and Open Vestry, held on Wednesday the 7th day of May 1788. Mr Church Warden Rooke presented to the Vestry the Minutes which he had taken of the Proceedings of the Parishioners in their Perambulation of the Bounds of the Parish on Thursday the first Instant; which minutes being Read and a Motion being made and seconded. Resolved. that the said Minutes be entered in the Vestry Minute Book of this Parish, & which are as follows.

Perambulation of the Bounds of the Parish of Wandsworth in the County of Surrey on Thursday the first of May One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Eight by The Rev. Robert Holt Butcher, Vicar¹, Mr Charles Rooke [and] Mr Nathaniel Constable², Church Wardens, Mr John Dervill [and] Mr James Eaton, Sidesmen, Mr William Hardy, Overseer, met in the Vestry Room, at the Church to settle agreeable to the Antient Mode the order of Perambulation & then proceeded [from the Church] accompanied by Mr Thomas Woodward late Church Warden Mr Thos Edmonds³, Mr Jno Furmage Senr Mr Jno Constable Senr⁴ Mr James Oliver⁵, Mr Josh Kneeler Mr Robert Atkinson Jnt sic Mr Jno Hall Senr⁶ Mr Josh Burrill Mr Josh Stockwell Mr Willm Newton⁷ Mr Saml Ripley⁸, Mr Willm Jones Mr Willm Backhouse, Mr Jno Grint, Mr Thos Lee, Mr Thos Wooder, Mr Richard Creasy Mr Wm Greenfield Mr Jno Furmage Junr Mr Noble Bennett Mr Chas Rooke Junr Mr Sylvester Blackmore Junr Mr Frans Newton⁹ Mr Jas Webb Mr Wm Maybank Senr Mr Wm Maybank Junr Mr Jno Green, Mr [Jno?] Green Junr Mr Thos Green¹⁰, Mr George Dervill with Benjamin Hawkins Master of the Free School and the Green Coat Boys;

Mr John Surr Master of the Workhouse with the Workhouse Boys, Mr James Tompkins Sexton and acting Parish Clerk & Mr Thos Taylor Beadle of the said Parish from the Church, about Seven o Clock in the Morn.g down the Plain and along the Causeway to Mr Richd Bush's Water Mill¹¹, late Messrs Bell & Goss's¹² went through the said Mill & came out of a Door or Gate on the east side of the said Mill,

proceeded on the Road through a Place known and called by the name of Kings Head Court¹³, into Bridge Field, on the entrance of which [A] on the right Hand was a small enclosed Encroachment of a Mr Randalls¹⁴, which Inclosure we opened by taking down two or three Pales and sent the Green Coat Boys into the said Inclosure,

proceeded from thence across the Road leading up to Slough Lane to two more of Mr Randall inclosed Encroachments, which we laid open in the same manner as that before, some of the Perambulators after laid open another Inclosure adjoining to Mr Randall's and belonging to Major Fleming¹⁵, and on the Hill in the said field, behind Mr Webster's¹⁶ House laid open two more Inclosures belonging to the said [WH 71, p. 10] Major Fleming, with another Inclosure belonging to the abovenamed Mr Webster and behind the said Mr Webster's House, all of which Inclosures we sent the Green Coat & Workhouse Boys into;

on the left leading from Kings Head Court and adjoining a Malt House¹⁷ occupied by Mr Jno. Butcher took down two Rails of another Inclosure belonging to the before mentioned Mr Randall & passed on to another Inclosure to the Eastward of the said Malt House, likewise belonging to the said Mr Randall which we laid open by taking down a Rail or two, and sent the Boys in as before then we returned back to the End of Mr Phillips's Garden Wall¹⁸ the corner of Kings Head Court passed down the Road, adjoining the said Wall and leading to the Water side, came to an Inclosure made by Mr Joseph Peters¹⁹ & laid the same open taking some Rails down, and sent the Boys through proceeded along, and near the Water side to the West End of Mrs Brookes's²⁰ House & next the Waterside, where we took down a Post, which had been erected by the said Mrs Brookes to prevent Carriages passing that Road, and left the same near the spot;

next proceeded up a Passage at the East end of Mrs Brookes's House, and between the said House and a Public House known by the sign of the White Horse²¹, and in the Occupation of Mr William Blackbourn²² at the top of the said Passage we turned to the Right Hand near to the end of which we came to another Post, erected by the said Mrs Brookes for the same purpose as the Post before mentioned which we also took down, and left on the Premises then we passed on to an Hog stye & some other small Erections belonging to Mr James Furmage, a Baker took down some of the Paling & went on to a small new House belonging to Mr Thos Green²³ a Waterman took down some Pales which inclosed a Garden belonging to the said House (all which Ground is Lammas Land²⁴) sent the Green Coat and Workhouse Boys into the same,

went to the other side of the Road & nearly opposite Mr Green's House to a small Inclosure belonging to a Mr Saunders which we laid open by taking down a Pale or two from thence we turned back, passed the End of Apothecary's Row²⁵ & by the end of the Passage between Mrs Brookes's & the White Horse on a Road Lying between the Back of the Houses at the Water Side and the Garden Ground in Bridge Field leading to the Jews Row²⁶, and Carter's Hithe²⁷, took out a Pale or two from each of the small inclosed Gardens belonging to the said Houses at the Water Side & on the said Road, and most of which Houses are inhabited by poor Fishermen went up Jews Row cut down a Rail or two, that obstructed the foot Passengers,

proceeded round the House known by the name of the Jews House and now in the Occupation of the Revd Thos Sampson as an Academy, into a Garden at the West End, and adjoining the said House (which said Garden is known by the name of the Vineyard) where we took down a Pale or two, and sent the Green Coat & Workhouse Boys in,

from thence we returned by the Revd T. Sampson's down the Road leading to Carter's Hithe to a Garden late in the Occupation of a Mr Lawrance²⁸ a stationer, but now in possession of a Mrs Smith took down several Pales and Palisadoes belonging to the said Garden, when some of the Perambulators together with the Green Coat & Workhouse Boys went over the said Premises and proceeded over two inclosed Encroachments made by the aforesaid Mr Lawrance, and adjoining the abovementioned Garden & now in the Tenure of the afore named Mrs Smith likewise sent the Boys through another Passage and Garden in the Occupation of a Mr Easton²⁹; and all of which Gardens and Fields in the Possession of Mrs Smith and Mr Easton are Lammas Land.

Next proceeded round Carter's Hithe to a small Garden belonging to a Mr Charles Bostuck a Waterman where we took down a Pale or two & sent the Boys in from thence proceeded along the Waterside leaving Mr William Newton's Windmill (B) on the Right Hand, to the corner of a House occupied by a Mr Baynes³⁰ a Gentleman concerned in the Malt Distillery with Messrs Bush & Co.;

the East end of which House [C] is one of the East Boundaries of the Parish of Wandsworth where we sung the Hundredth Psalm proceeded by a Low Post marked WP1782 which is a Boundary Post of this Parish, went up the side of the Ditch to the Right of which is Messrs Bush and Masterman's Hoggery *(Erected on Lammas Land and noticed accordingly) (*This interlineation was made by my consent signed Charles Rooke), on the Left a Garden Ground in the Occupation of Mrs Driver and lately held by Mr Daniel Carter Senr a Market Gardiner, close adjoining the Summer Road from Wandsworth to Battersea in two Posts along side each other, that next the Road [D] marked BP1782, that next the Ditch WP65.

Here the Perambulators divided, some few of whom, and part of the Green Coat Boys, went across the Road into Mr Bartlett's Garden and proceeded by the side of the Hedge at the West end of the said Garden up the East end of Mr Thos Tatlock's Garden Wall³¹ at the upper end of which Wall & in the High Road leading from Wandsworth to London stands an High Boundary Post marked as follows, on the East side "Battersea Parish ends here 1783" on the South side "Wandsworth Parish ends here Erected I.C.J.S. Esq Church Wardens 1783" and which said Post divides the said Parishes of Battersea and Wandsworth.

The rest of the Perambulators, with the other part of the Green Coat and Workhouse Boys, proceeded from the two Boundary Posts in the Summer Road to Battersea, as before mentioned, up the side of a Hedge towards the Jews Row, which said Hedge parts the Road & an Encroachment in the Tenure of Messrs Bush & Co: at the South West end of which Enclosure: we took down some Paling part of the Fence of the said Enclosure, & went in,

then we crossed the Road to two Posts which stand on the external side of Mr Bartlett's Hedge and which Posts are Bolted together that Post to the Northward marked BP 1782 and that to the Southward marked WP - crossed a small Enclosure belonging to Mr Bartlett proceeded up Bridge Field by the end of Mr Bush's Garden Wall, to a Large enclosed Encroachment made by Mr Bush and in the Occupation of the said Mr Bush or Mr Masterman³², took down several Pales and went through the said Enclosure,

when we came to Mr Masterman's Garden took down some of the Paling, sent in some of the Perambulators with the Green Coat and Workhouse Boys, who went round the said Garden, and came out at a Door near the House, into the London High Road [E] nearly opposite the French Horn Inn³³. N.B. In the aforementioned Garden of Mr Masterman is a Coach House and Stabling at the corner of which & next the High Road we knocked out a Brick they being built on Lammas Land, as is all the before specified inclosed Encroachments and Erections in and near Bridge Field.

From Mr Mastermans Gate we proceeded up the London Road to the before mentioned Boundary Post at the end of Mr Tatlock's Garden Wall from which Post we crossed the London Road to some Oak Pales which enclose a Field in the Occupation of Mr Thos Vardon, which said Field is known by the name of Spanish Close [F], took down some of the Paling of the said enclosed Field & sent the Green Coat & Workhouse Boys in,

passed two Boundary Posts which stand close within the said Paling, to two other Boundary Posts on the South Side of the said Field, but on a piece of Wandsworth Common lately enclosed by the aforesaid Mr Thos Vardon which said Posts are Bolted together, the one marked BP 87, the other WP 87.

[We] passed on the said Field to another Post marked WP 65 which said Post stands nearly opposite the East end of Mr Brown's House on the Common proceeded on to a High Boundary Post standing at the extreme end of Mr Vardon's Field, and which Post divides the Common belonging to the Parishes of Battersea and Wandsworth and of course stands on Common Land though enclosed by Mr Vardon as aforesaid, and on which Post is cut the following Words "Battersea Parish begins here, 1767" "Wandsworth Parish ends here, 1767" here we sung, with the Clerk and the Green Coat Boys the first verse of the 104th Psalm in which we were joined by Mr Vardon, who we then took our Leave of,

went out of a Gateway of the Oak Fence, proceeded across the Common, leaving the Boundary Post on our Right Hand when we came to another Boundary Post, at the end of a Lane [G], known and called by the name of Tooting Lane³⁴, and on the Common, which Post divides the Parishes of Wandsworth and Streatham where we sung the second Verse of the 104th Psalm, gave the Green Coat and Workhouse Boys and others Rowls, Cheese, and Strong Beer, as a Refreshment took some ourselves, broke down part of a Bank & Dry [WH 71, p. 15] Hedge the enclosure of a small piece of Common [H] taken in by the Widow Bagley³⁵ from thence we proceeded by Mrs Bagley's Grounds to a Bridge commonly called Drunken Bridge³⁶ in Garrett Lane [I], to a Boundary Post adjoining Messrs Bell & Goss's Farm³⁷, where we sung the first verse of the 84th Psalm.

N.B. Here John Maxsted servant to Mr Church-Warden Rooke, with other Men and Boys were shoved into the Water that runs down the Lane.

(To be continued in Historian no. 72)

Notes to Part 1

1. Vicar of All Saints 1778 - 1823. ↑
2. Blacksmith. ↑
3. Mealman. ↑
4. Carpenter. ↑
5. Blacksmith. ↑
6. Wheelwright. ↑
7. Miller. ↑
8. Tallow Chandler. ↑
9. Mealman. ↑
10. Waterman. ↑
11. "Loampit Mill" near the Causeway. ↑
12. Richard Bush, Thomas How Masterman, Samuel Payne, Wardell Baynes & John Easton, Malt Distillers with premises on the extreme north-eastern Wandsworth boundary. ↑
13. Site of an old Inn of that name? ↑
14. Probably John Randall, Malt Factor. ↑
15. Possibly Major Richard Fleming. ↑
16. Probably John Webster Esq. ↑
17. Malthouse in Bridge Field erected by Ambrose Snoswell, Maltster, c. 1765 and let to John Butcher in 1788. ↑
18. Probably Matthews Close (Thomas Phillips, Gardener). ↑
19. Described as Print Cutter of Wandsworth in 1794. ↑
20. Widow of Samuel Brooks, London Broker, with a large Thames-side house (first west from the Rising Sun/the White Horse) with special architectural features - an octagonal window and a backward storey supported on columns. ↑
21. Formerly the Rising Sun. ↑
22. Innkeeper, the White Horse. ↑
23. Thames-side house abutting south on Apothecaries Row. ↑
24. Common pasturage until spring and in private use until 1 August each year. ↑
25. A route south of Thames-side buildings at the west end of Water Side. ↑
26. A route northwards to Water Side from York Road. ↑
27. Water Side landing place. ↑
28. Montague Lawrence. ↑
29. John Easton, partner in Bush & Co., Malt Distillers. ↑
30. Wardell Baynes. ↑
31. Wall of a mansion previously the home of Sir Matthew Blakiston, one time Lord Mayor of London. ↑
32. Christopher Masterman, retired Coal Merchant of Bridewell Precinct. ↑
33. The French Horn and Half Moon Inn on south side of London (Southwark) Road. ↑
34. Trinity Road. ↑
35. Widow of Richard Bagley (died 1785), farmer tenant of Garrett Farm (later part of Springfield Estate). ↑
36. Crossing stream(s) at today's Aboyne Road junction with Garrett Lane. ↑
37. West side of Garrett Lane (Tooting Graveney, later Martin's Farm); Bell & Gosse were distillers of Battersea, the business relocated in Wandsworth by Bush & Co. about 1785. ↑

The Perambulation of Wandsworth Parish Boundaries in 1788 – Part 2

Second instalment of a two-part transcription of the Wandsworth Vestry Minutes of 7 May 1788 reporting the Perambulation that had taken place earlier in the month of parish boundaries, and checking of enclosures of common land. Church-warden Charles Rooke's account is given with original spellings and punctuation. Minor changes are denoted by enclosure in square brackets as are reference letters to sites on the sketch maps; inserted superscript numerals refer to editorial foot-notes giving additional information. (The Vestry Minutes are in the Archives of the Local History Library at Battersea and are printed here with permission.)

AT THE end of Part 1 (Wandsworth Historian no. 71, page 9) the perambulators were left at the edge of a stream in Garrett Lane at the boundary with Tooting parish. Some of the party had been "shoved into the Water that runs down the Lane". Church-warden Rooke continues ........

[WH 72, p. 12]FROM this place we proceeded across the River Wandell between Mr. Thos. Strongs Oil Mill¹ and Mr. Robert Coleman's Callicoe Grounds², keeping along the Grounds and Fields to Mr. Benjamin Patterson's Farm the East side of the Road³ leading from Wandsworth South Field to Merton nearly opposite Sir Richard Hotham's at Merton Place⁴;

here we cut two notches in a large Elm Tree close within Mr. Benjamin Patterson's Hedge, crossed the Road from Mr. Patterson's Farm (here we were joined by Mr. Wm. Matthews, who keeps a Farm⁵ in this Lane, with his youngest Daughter on one Horse, together with many more inhabitants of this Parish) to a Gate that was open and leading into Earl Spencers Park to an Oak Tree Boundary, where we were met by some of Earl Spencers servants, with two Casks of Strong Beer, and Bread and Cheese, when after singing the first verse of the 30th Psalm we with the Green Coat and Workhouse Boys Refreshed ourselves.

Then, Bumping a few Men and Boys against the Boundary Oak, we proceeded along the Park to and through a Gate in Earl Spencers Park Paling opposite a Boundary Post on Bigden, or Bignal Bridge⁶ on the High Road leading from Putney to Wimbledon and which is the Boundary Post that divides the Parishes of Wandsworth and Wimbledon, where we joined the Charity Children in singing the first verse of the 98th Psalm;

then proceeded alongside a Ditch adjoining a Mrs. Hoffman's Field (whose Town Residence is opposite the London Tavern - Bishopsgate Street within) to another Post at the West end of the said Ditch, and opposite the end of Mr. Hoffman's Hedge which Post was lately put down by the Parish of Wandsworth to divide the Common between Wandsworth and Wimbledon,

from which Post we proceeded in a direct Line Westerly, with Colours Flying, Drum Beating, and Music playing to a Large Stone Boundary Post⁷, which was put down by the mutual Consent and at the Joint Expence of the Parishes of Wandsworth and Putney on the 28th day of July, and in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty seven, at which Stone Boundary Post we met with many others (the under mentioned gentlemen⁸ viz. Roger Pettiward Esq., Percival Lewis Esq., Simeon Warner Esq., Tyson Chapman Esq., Mr. Wm. Hawes and Mr Geo.

Smith, Church Wardens of Putney) which Gentlemen, Percival Lewis Esq. excepted, together with the Revd. Robt. Holt Butcher, Vicar, Mr. Jno. Nelson, Mr. Humph^y. Webb, Mr. Jno. Darvill, Mr. Thos. Woodward, and Mr. Chas. Rooke Churchwardens of Wandsworth, at the request of their respective Parishes attended the putting down of this, and other Posts hereafter mentioned, as Permanent Boundary Marks between the two Parishes, at the abovenamed Boundary the beforementioned Gentlemen with many other Parishioners, and the Charity Children of both Parishes joined in singing the 133rd Psalm, after which the Churchwardens and other Gentlemen shook Hands over the said Post wished Prosperity to the Parishes of Putney and Wandsworth, gave three Cheers and departed with Drums Beating, Music Playing and Colours flying, the Putney people proceeded from the said Boundary Post Westerly, and Wandsworth People about North East⁹ leaving four wooden Boundary Posts marked 1787 which Posts are rivetted with Iron Bolts to a like number of Posts marked PP 1787, to another Stone Boundary Post affixed in a place called and known by the name of Claybottom, laying between Sir William Fordyce's Hedge¹⁰ and the High Road leading from Putney to Wimbledon which said Stone Boundary Post as well as that before mentioned are marked as follows Wandsworth Parish, Mr. Thomas Woodward, Mr. Charles Rooke Church-Wardens 1787, on the other side "Putney Parish - Mr. William Hawes, Mr. George Smith Church-Wardens 1787" with two Hands painted on each Stone Post a Finger pointing to each respective Parish, both which Stone Posts, and also the eight Wooden Posts were put down on the day and year before mentioned, and by the mutual Consent and at the joint Expense of both Parishes before recited; - It is to be remarked that in proceeding along the Common between the the two Stone Boundary Posts we stopt at the third Wooden Boundary Post and Refreshed ourselves the Green Coat and Workhouse Boys, with cold Ham, Tongue, Rowls, Cheese, etc.

drank a Glass of Wine, some strong Beer while the drum beat and the Music played, when after Bumping the Beadle & a few other Men and [WH 72, p. 15] Boys gave three Cheers and proceeded as before stated to the Stone Boundary Post in Claybottom from thence some of the Perambulators went up to the new Enclosure made by the Rt. Honble Earl Spencer off the Common belonging to the Parish adjoining the Road leading to Wimbledon took down two pales (close to a Gate erected and kept Lock'd) for the purpose of maintaining a right to an Ancient Foot Path through the Park of the said Earl Spencer to Wimbledon, which his Lordship shut up on making the said Enclosure, sent the Green Coat and Workhouse Boys through gave three Cheers & then returned to the Stone Post in Clay Bottom,

proceeded through an Opening in Sr. William Fordyce's Hedge and nearly opposite the said Stone Post crossed the Ground to another Wooden Boundary Post in the said Ground and a Gravel Walk that leads to the House, which Gravel Walk leads from a Gate that opens into the Road that leads from Putney to Wimbledon,

from which Post we proceeded across the said Gravel Walk and through a part of the Garden, made a passage through the Hedge into a Road that leads from the London high Road (nearly opposite Sir Samuel Hannay's¹¹) towards Roehampton.

Here the Perambulators divided, part of them crossed the said Road, to an opening made in Mr. Wood's Oak Paling, where they went thro' into Mr. Woods Grounds (which Grounds includes the Quells¹²) continued on through the said Ground and along a Gravel Walk, & near the Oak Paling to the North East corner of the said Ground, to another opening in the said Paling, into the Road that leads from the corner of Mrs. Woods House in Putney to Wandsworth, commonly called the Richmond Road,

crossed the said Road, into another Field of Mrs. Woods, by taking down a few Pales, which Fences the said Field from the Road, passed down the side of the Hedge in the said Field, to the Bottom of Mr. Frampton's Garden, took down some of the Paling of the said Garden, went through the said Garden, Grounds, and Part of the House, to the end of a Passage where they took down some Paling, and came into the lower Road leading from Putney to Wandsworth.

The other part of the Perambulators proceeded up the aforesaid Road which leads to Roehampton, into the London high Road, kept on the London Road, to a Gate which leads into the South Fields, to the Eastward of Sr. Saml. Hannay's Premises, went into the said Field, and laid open two or three different enclosed Encroachments made by the said Sr. Saml. Hannay,

proceeded along the said Field, close within the Paling, to two Inclosures made by Mr. Oxley in the said Field, one of which is Pallisado'ed in for a Garden, open'd both of the said Inclosures by taking down some Rails and part of the Pallisadoes sent some Men and Boys through, went out Horse and Foot at the Westermost end of Mr. Oxley's House, through a passage and Gateway which Gateway stands on, and which Passage is, Lammas Land as is likewise the Inclosures of Sr. Saml. Hannay's and Mr. Oxley's as before mentioned,

proceeded across the London high Road, round the Front of Mr. Hurst's House to the Parish Gate, which we went through to another Inclosure at the back of the said Mr. Hurst's House, which Inclosure belonged to the aforesaid Mr. Oxley & which they opened and went through, from this they went up the Road¹³ leading to Richmond to a Gateway on the Right Hand of the said Road and which leads down Putney Field to several Inclosed Encroachments made by Mr. William Layton,

which were opened by taking down several Rails, likewise opened a small Inclosure at the East end of Mr. Frampton's House by taking down part of the Stone work and Iron Rails, turned round the corner of Mr. Frampton's House, where both Parties of the Perambulators joined, and sung the 100th. Psalm under a Boundary stone Mark'd W<>P at the West end of a Brick Building now in the occupation of Mr. William Layton, and opposite to the before mentioned Mr. Frampton's - and which Boundary Mark divides the Parishes of Putney and Wandsworth, some of the Perambulators passed down by the end of the said Building, along Putney Gutter¹⁴ to the Water side, sent from thence some of the Green Coat Boys and others, in Mr. John Green's Boat¹⁵ to extreme end of the [WH 72, p. 16] East Boundary the corner of Mr. Bayne's House below Messrs. Bush & Cos. Distillery the other part of the Perambulators proceeded along by the Waterside in Putney Field to Point Pleasant,

from thence up to a piece of Land Inclosed by John Wilmot Esqr. Partly by an Oak Paling, the rest by an Hah!Hah!, took down three or four of Oak Pales, sent the Green Coat Boys in who went up the Gravel Walk, and returned, leaving the Pales we took down within side the said Grounds,

proceeded next to an Inclosure belonging to Mr. John Halhead, and as it was a Trespass on the Lammas Land as well as all the rest of the beforementioned Inclosures, we took down a Rail or two and went through, and passed back along Putney Field into the Road by the Queens Head Public House¹⁶ where we Marshalled the Men & Boys two by two, who preceded by Drum beating, Music playing, and Colours flying, were followed by the Minister, Church-Wardens, Sidesmen and Gentlemen on Horseback, in like manner two by two up Love Lane, & through the Town to the end of Slough Lane next Mr. John Hall's a Wheelwright¹⁷,

when we turned to the Right and proceeded back down the Town, and passed up Garrett Lane to Mr. Henckell's Iron Mill went across the Bridge over the River to a Gate on the other side leading into the Common Fields, and which Gate was Erected by the said Mr. James Henckell /in Lieu of a Five Barr'd Gate and a Style which was there before.*/ [*This Interlineation made by my consent, Charles Rooke.]

Some of the People on Foot with the Green Coat Boys went through and returned,. Mr. Church-Warden Rooke on returning met Mr. Henckell, who seemed offended at Mr. Rooke's going on the Premises with a Horse, when the Revd. Mr. Butcher joined them, when some little Altercation passed, Mr. Henckell saying he wished us to remember he had objected against the Horse coming on the Premises;

thinking it an improper time to confer on this Business we left Mr. Henckell and returned down Garrett Lane to Mr. Shepley's Mill, as far as the River side, where an Old Bridge stood, leading into the Rises¹⁸, where Edward Dunselow on wading through the River, lost one of his Shoes & Buckle, and a New pair were ordered him in their stead, at the same time as Mr. Thomas Green, one of his Majesty's Watermen, was going to cross a Bridge erected at the Tail of the Mill by Mr. George Shepley, which likewise leads into the Rises, Mr. Richard Shepley caught hold of the Flap of Mr. Thos. Green's Coat, pulled him back, saying that that was his Uncle's Freehold, and he should not pass into the Rises that way;

when Mr. Richard Shepley was told, that if that was the Case his Uncle must build another Bridge, on and where the old one stood; on this we left Mr. Shepley proceeded down Garrett Lane up the Town¹⁹ to the Bridge, here part of the Perambulators with the Drum, Fife, & Colours were sent down an Antient Walk²⁰ by the Premises of Mr. Barchard²¹, and to perambulate round by Mrs. Tealings Mill; - It is to be observed that the said Foot Path had been stopped up by the late Mr. Peter Barchard & Mrs. Tealing's with the Consent of Vestry, but had been proved prejudicial to several of the Inhabitants and frequent Complaints had been made thereof it was therefore thought necessary in the Perambulation to keep up and protect the Right of the Parish to the same whenever required but it so happened, that on some of the Perambulators removing the Gate put up by Mrs. Tealing (the one put up by Mr. Peter Barchard having been removed for the temporary convenience of carrying in Dung &c into Mr. John Barchard's Garden) that Mr. John May, Gardener to the said Mr. Barchard opened the Gate of Mr. Barchard's Garden & which adjoined the said Foot Path, and coming out, very imprudently attempted to throw one or two of the Persons (who were removing Mrs. Tealing's Gate) into the River.

On which some of the Perambulators resented such indecent Behaviour, and drove the said Mr. John May into his Master's Garden, when Mr. Thomas Edmonds came up & by whose interference prevented any further Discipline being given to the said Mr. John May for his very improper Conduct. N.B. This was the only Fray during the whole of the [WH 72, p. 17] Perambulation and which would not have happened had not the said Mr. May been so Officious.

From Mrs. Tealing's Mill we went up the Plain and Town into a place called Dutch Yard²², at the End of which Mr. Henry Gardiner²³ had erected a lofty Fence and stopp'd a Footpath which time Immemorial had been open as a Free Passage into the South Field, and a Way to the River, /for the purpose of dipping Water,/* [*This Interlineation made by my consent.

Charles Rooke.] which had always been made use of by the Parishioners as a Public Way Opened the Gate, Benjm. Hawkins, Master of the Free School with the Green Coat & Workhouse Boys, accompanied by Mr. Jas. Tompkins who officiates as Parish Clerk & a few other Parishioners went in to Perambulate the said Antient Foot Path into South Field Road and that there might be as little damage as possible done to the said Premises the rest of the Company kept on the outside, during the Perambulation through the said premises rented by the said Mr. Henry Gardiner, but on the Perambulators passing Mr. George Milne, Clerk to the said Mr. Gardiner, he Collared one or more of them, the said Perambulators, and in his Master Mr. Henry Gardiner's name threatened them with the said Mr. Henry Gardiner's displeasure and Resentment as long as they lived.

[We] came down the South Field Road into the Town with Drum beating, Music playing & Colours displayed, proceeded to Mr. Thomas Newman's The King's Arms²⁴ where the Company Dined, after which many Loyal Toasts were given, which being concluded, the Parish of Wandsworth & the Rights thereof with an Unanimous Determination to support the same was drank with three times three, and shortly after eleven o'Clock in the Evening the whole Company returned Home in the utmost good Order.

Grateful acknowledgement is made of the editorial help with the additional notes and Figures given by Society members Rita Ensing and Dorian Gerhold.

Notes to Part 2

1. Off Garrett Lane (west end of today's Trewint Street). ↑
2. North side of today's Riverside Road, Summerstown. ↑
3. Today's Merton Road, Southfield. ↑
4. Sir Richard Hotham of Merton would have been well known, as local J.P. He was also continually in conflict with Wimbledon and Wandsworth Vestries over the upkeep of Martin Road and Dunsford Lane. ↑
5. Farm owned by the Duke of Bedford. ↑
6. On a stream running east to join the Wandle (at opposite bank to west end of Groton Road). ↑
7. On Wimbledon Common (to be seen there today). ↑
8. Prominent residents of Putney. ↑
9. Across Putney Heath towards Tibbet's Corner. ↑
10. Bristol House: Sir William Fordyce, Physician. ↑
11. West Hill House (Wandsworth Historian, 60, 6 - 19). Sir Samuel Hannay, Drug Merchant and Chemist; MP. ↑
12. Springs in fields part of the Common Field system (Austins Croft). ↑
13. Upper Richmond Road. ↑
14. Course of a stream running northwards down to Thames. ↑
15. John Green, waterman; Green family of watermen in Battersea and Wandsworth since 1600s. ↑
16. North end of Love Lane (Putney Bridge Road). ↑
17. North side of East Hill. ↑
18. Meadows on the east side of the Wandle. ↑
19. High Street. ↑
20. A footpath on the east bank of the Wandle north of the bridge. ↑
21. Barchard family, scarlet dyers on this site since 1764. ↑
22. South side of High Street, west of bridge. ↑
23. Calico printer. ↑
24. High Street, west of the Church. ↑

The Corris maps of 1787

The estate survey of 1787 by Corris shows the owners and tenants of the land in south Wandsworth in the year before the perambulation. Click to enlarge.