Battersea

Battersea, a SW. suburb of London, on the Surrey side of the Thames, here crossed by the Chelsea, Albert, and Battersea bridges. In the parish church (1777) is a monument to the celebrated Lord Bolingbroke, who was born and died in a house close by. In Battersea Fields the Duke of Wellington fought a duel with Lord Winchelsea (1829). Battersea Park, 185 acres in area, was laid out in 1852-58 at a cost of £318,000; and the Albert Palace was opened in 1885. Since 1885 Battersea and Clapham have returned two members to parliament. Area of Battersea parish, 2940 acres; pop. (1891) of parish, 150,558, and of Battersea division of the parliamentary borough, 98,235.