On This Day in London greenspace history, 1871: court ruling protects Tooting Common against development Saving Tooting's Commons After a struggle lasting a number of years, an attempt to enclose and build over a large part of Tooting’s Commons was defeated in 1871, when a court blocked the…
On This Day in London greenspace history, 1871: court ruling protects Tooting Common against developmentSaving Tooting's Commons After a struggle lasting a number of years, an attempt to enclose and build over a large part of Tooting’s Commons was defeated in 1871, when a court blocked the enclosures. Over the next four years later the Commons were bought for the public. But the road by which public access for this lovely open space was saved was rocky and involved some skullduggery, sabotage and tangled legal negotiations… What is now known as Tooting Common consists of two older commons, 144-acre Tooting Bec Common and 63-acre Tooting Graveney Common.pasttense.co.uk