Putney

Coordinates: 51°27′54″N 0°13′16″W / 51.4649°N 0.2211°W / 51.4649; -0.2211

Putney (/ˈpʌtni/) is a district in south-west London, England in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is centred 5.1 miles (8.2 km) south-west of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.

History

Putney is an ancient parish which covered 9.11 square kilometres (3.52 sq mi) and was until 1889 in the Brixton hundred of the county of Surrey. Its area has been reduced by the loss of Roehampton to the south-west, an offshoot hamlet that conserved more of its own clustered historic core. In 1855 the parish was included in the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works and was grouped into the Wandsworth District. In 1889 the area was removed from Surrey and became part of the County of London. The Wandsworth District became the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth in 1900. Since 1965 Putney has formed part of the London Borough of Wandsworth in Greater London.

Putney (disambiguation)

Putney is a district in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It may also refer to:

Places

People

Putney (UK Parliament constituency)

Putney (Contemp. RP) /pʰʌtni/, (Cons. RP) /-nɪ/, (Est. Eng.) /pʰʌʔni/ is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by frontbencher Justine Greening of the Conservative Party.

The Putney constituency is usually among the earliest to return a result on many general election nights.

Boundaries

1918-1950: The Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth wards of Putney and Southfields.

1950-1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth wards of Fairfield, Putney, and Southfields.

1983-2010: The London Borough of Wandsworth wards of East Putney, Parkside, Roehampton, Southfields, Thamesfield, West Hill, and West Putney.

2010–present: The London Borough of Wandsworth wards of East Putney, Roehampton, Southfields, Thamesfield, West Hill, and West Putney.

History

When created in 1918 officially as the Putney division of Wandsworth, the constituency was carved out of the former constituency of Wandsworth. The rest of the Wandsworth constituency was divided into Wandsworth Central, Balham and Tooting and Streatham. As across the country, the largely neglected four-word name was officially abolished in 1983 on boundary alterations and replaced by the more commonplace shorthand, Putney.