Sunday, November 24, 2013

South West London

By Arnold Weber


The SW (South Western) post code area that is also called London SW postcode is a cluster of postcode districts that covers sections of SW London, England. The location starts from South Western SW1-SW10 and Battersea SW11 to SW20, London post town districts.

The SW was initially the head district of South Western. It has quite high density advancement and has been recently sectioned into smaller postcode districts. In places districts are employed for purposes apart from mail sorting, like use as geographic reference, SW sub-divisions continue to be grouped as a single "district." Inside SW1 postcode district are numerous other unique postcode units.

This postcode location originated in the year 1857 as SW district. In the year 1863, it acquired a number of locations of the discarded S district, the rest going to South-Eastern. In the year 1917, it was sectioned into numbered districts. The SW district comprises the postcode districts SW1-10, and the Battersea district SW11-20. SW95 is considered a non-geographic postcode district that is used by Department for Work & Pensions. This postcode area is part of London post town, with no dependent localities needed.

The SW postcode area comprises postcode districts on each sides of River Thames. The South west 1 postcode district covers the central London area on River Thames north bank, approximately between Chelsea Bridge and Hungerford Bridge. This includes Belgravia, Pimlico, and parts of Brompton and Westminster. It contains Westminster Abbey, Whitehall, Westminster School, Dolphin Square, the Tate Gallery and Thames House. SW 2-10 forms the internal northeastern part of the area with SW 3, 5, 6, 7 and 10 districts north of River Thames.

SW11-20, on the other hand, forms the outer SW part of the postcode area. It is wholly south of River Thames. This postcode area contains all of London Borough of Wandswarth, western part of London Borough of Lambeth, the southern parts of Westminster City and Royal Borough of Chelsea and Kenington, the SE part of London borough of Chelsea and Hammersmith, the NE area of London Borough of Richmond, upon Thames and northern parts of London Borough of both Croydon and Merton.

The SW19 Area encompasses Merton, Colliers Wood and Wimbledon. The latter has been lived in since the Iron Age when hill fort on the Wimbledon Common is said to have been constructed. In the year 1087, the compilation of Domesday Book, Wimbledon was a section of manor of Mortlake.

The proprietorship of the manor of Wimbledon alternated between different rich merchants several times. This area additionally attracted other rich families that established big houses like Wimbledon, warren and Eagle House. The village advanced with a steady population that coexisted with wealthy traders from the city and nobility.

In 18th century, the Fox and Dog public house was established as a stop on stagecoach run from to Portsmouth from London. In 1838, London and South Western Railway established a station to the SE of the village, at the foot of Wimbledon hill. The location of the station changed the spotlight of the town's later development away from its original village centre.




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