History
Until 1889, the county of Surrey included the present-day London boroughs of Wandsworth, Southwark and Lambeth. It was formed in 1965 from the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and much of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, but excluding Clapham and most of Streatham, both of which were transferred to the London Borough of Lambeth.
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