Photo 12x8 Lamp post on Clapham Common Clapham Common was originally two c c2011

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Size: 12" x 8" - 305mm x 203mm

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Photograph Notes: Clapham Common was originally two commons belonging to neighbouring parishes. There was substantial disagreement over where the boundary lay and in 1716 the Battersea parishioners dug a ditch across the common to demarcate their portion. This was rapidly filled in. One of the reasons the common has survived is through its popularity with the wealthy and influential as a place to reside and hence protect from development. Many of their houses still surround the common. In 1877 the common was bought by the Metropolitan Board of Works from the Lords of the Manors and designated as a Metropolitan Common "dedicated to and for the use and recreation of the public as an open and unenclosed space for ever". Clapham Common is one of the very few large Metropolitan Commons not to have been dissected by railway lines but road-building has made up for this. This view looks across the main part of the common which is not crossed by roads. The lamp posts on Clapham Common are particularly attractive and make a good foreground for photographs as the common itself is completely flat. The tall buildings immediately to the right of the lamp post are The Cedars although the left hand one has recently been renamed Thornton Place - see Link

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