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Earlsfield is an area within the London Borough of Wandsworth, London, England. It is a typical south London suburb and comprises mostly residential Victorian terraced houses with a high street of shops, bars, and restaurants between Garratt Lane, Allfarthing Lane, and Burntwood Lane. The population of Earlsfield at the 2011 Census was 15,500, increasing to 18,500 in 2022.

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UK place.country
England
UK place.region
London
UK place.population_ref
( ward )
UK place.official_name
Earlsfield
UK place.london_borough
Wandsworth
UK place.constituency_westminster
Tooting
UK place.post_town
LONDON
UK place.postcode_area
SW
UK place.postcode_district
SW18
UK place.dial_code
020
UK place.os_grid_reference
TQ265735
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Garratt Lane, Earlsfield, London 92.JPG
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Garratt Lane, Earlsfield

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St Andrew's Church, Garratt Lane, Earlsfield, London 03.jpg
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SW18
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Earlsfield
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  • History
  • Schools
  • Transport
  • Geography
  • High Street
  • Notable residents
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Earlsfield is an area within the London Borough of Wandsworth, London, England. It is a typical south London suburb and comprises mostly residential Victorian terraced houses with a high street of shops, bars, and restaurants between Garratt Lane, Allfarthing Lane, and Burntwood Lane. The population of Earlsfield at the 2011 Census was 15,500, increasing to 18,500 in 2022.

== History == In medieval times, the area now known as Earlsfield was the northern part of the manor and hamlet of Garrat (also spelt Garratt, Garrett or Garret) in the parish of Wandsworth and notorious in the 18th century for the Garrat mock elections. By then the area was already industrialised with numerous mills along the River Wandle and in the early 19th century London's first railway, the horse-drawn Surrey Iron Railway, ran along Garratt Lane. This was followed in 1838 by the opening of the London and South Western Railway which originally passed through without stopping. Later in the century, suburban development began to creep across from Wandsworth Common.

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