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Mar 24, 2017 · Wandsworth's literary connections are many: William Makepeace Thackeray, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Voltaire, Daniel Defoe, and Thomas Hardy have all lived in the Borough. Thomas Hardy lived on...
Sep 7, 2023 · The details of Daniel Khalife's escape raise serious questions about what happened with security at HMP Wandsworth. The Ministry of Justice is highly unlikely to ever publicly confirm all the...
Feb 2, 2016 · William Wordsworth ’s sonnet ‘Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802’ is one of his most celebrated poems. Here is the poem, and a few words by way of analysis: Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by. A sight so touching in its majesty:
Jan 4, 2020 · Though known for genteel residential “villages”, Wandsworth, with its long stretch of prime riverfront, has also attracted notice for rapid property development. The present day Wandsworth was formed from a big part of its predecessor of the same name and the old Battersea metropolitan borough.
Archaeologists have found evidence of human farming settlements in Wandsworth that date back to at least Roman times. However, since no surviving Roman writings on Wandsworth exist, the first documentation of Wandsworth comes from an Anglo-Saxon chronicle written in 693.
Wandsworth Town (/ ˈ w ɒ n z w ər θ /) is a district of south London, within the London Borough of Wandsworth 4.2 miles (6.8 km) southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London .
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Jan 6, 2021 · He kept a prison diary. The diary was published and its paperback version recently went into the bestsellers list. It is an astonishing read, both shocking and bleakly humorous, giving us...