Battersea - South London - England
Contents SW11 & SW8
Battersea Time:
Welcome to this labyrinth of pages looking at Battersea before the changes in the last 50 years. For those those living or whose parents, grand-parents and great-grand-parents lived in Battersea or those who spent their childhood in Battersea before the nineteen sixties. It is largely inspired by the Old Battersea web group but the material selected in entirely my own choice and the Old Battersea group should in no way be held responsible for any errors or omissions but only the inspiration and much information provided by the group members
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| Battersea Bridge, St Mary's Church and the curious old Windmill, from a print of about 1840, first published in "Curiosities of Great Britain, England and Wales Delineated", by Thomas Dugdale. The colouring is modern. Battersea wooden bridge was constructed 1771-1772 to Henry Holland's original design and made famous by Whistler’s Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge , 1872-77 now in the Tate Britain. It was black spot for river transport with cargo boats regularly colliding with the bridge at night or in fog. Replaced 1886-1890 with the current Battersea Bridge to Sir Joseph Bazalgette's design of cast-iron arches. | Old Battersea Mill, a view dating to about 1800, Engraved by William Henry Prior (1812-1882) an original and published in "Old and New London" about 1880; the colouring is modern. The mill was originally built for the grinding linseed, to the design of a smaller one at Margate. Its height was 140 ft. The outer part consists of 96 shutters could be controlled by ropes like window blinds. Inside 96 sails of wooden planks were fixed to a vertical main shaft. The wind blowing through the shutters turned the internal sails and drove the mill. John Timbs’ "Curiosities of London," tells the story that "when the Emperor of Russia was in England he took a fancy to Battersea Church, and determined to carry it off to Russia, and had this large packing-case made for it; but as the inhabitants refused to let the church be carried away, the case remained on the spot where it was deposited." |
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| The old Chelsea Suspension Bridge in 1934 shortly before demolition. Construction of this began in 1851 to the designs of, Thomas Page, Engineer. The bridge had pairs of domed toll houses at each end, these can be seen on the right. In 1879 Chelsea Bridge was freed of tolls. Although not officially so named it was known as the Victoria after its opening in 1858. In 1880 additional suspension chains were added. Construction of the new suspensing bridge commenced in 1935 to the designs of Rendel, Palmer & Tritton, Engineers, and G. Topham Forest, Architect, on new foundations. W.L Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, opened the bridge in 1937. The Canadian connection being that Douglas Fir from British Colombia was used for the temporary works. | |
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