Editing Tooting (section)

==History==
{{See also|Tooting Bec}}
[[File:Wandsworth Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg|thumb|A map showing the Tooting ward of Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916]]

Tooting has been settled since pre-[[Anglo-Saxons|Saxon]] times. The name is of Anglo-Saxon origin but the meaning is disputed. It could mean ''the people of Tota'', in which context Tota may have been a local Anglo-Saxon chieftain.<ref name=Morden/> Alternatively it could be derived from an old meaning of the verb ''to tout'', to look out. There may have been a watchtower here on the road to London and hence ''the people of the look-out post.''<ref name=Morden>{{cite book|last=Morden|first=William Edward|title=The History of Tooting-Graveney: Surrey|year=1923|isbn=1-142-75150-3}}</ref>

The [[Roman Britain|Romans]] built a road, which was later named [[Stane Street (Chichester)|Stane Street]] by the English, from [[London]] (Londinium) to [[Chichester]] (Noviomagus Regnorum), and which passed through Tooting. Tooting High Street is built on this road. In Saxon times, Tooting and [[Streatham]] (then Toting-cum-Stretham) was given to the [[Chertsey Abbey|Abbey of Chertsey]]. Later, Suene (Sweyn), believed to be a [[Viking]], may have been given all or part of the land. In 933, [[Æthelstan|King Æthelstan]] is thought to have confirmed lands including Totinge (Tooting) to Chertsey Abbey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esawyer.org.uk/charter/420.html|title=S 420|work=Electronic Sawyer|publisher=King's College London|access-date=21 May 2016}}</ref>

Tooting appears in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as ''Totinges'': Lower Tooting was held from [[Chertsey Abbey]] by Haimo the Sheriff (of [[Kent]]) when its assets were 1 church, {{frac|2|1|2}} [[ploughland]]s of land and {{convert|5|acre|ha|abbr=off|0}} of [[meadow]]. Its people were called to render £4 per year to their [[feudal system|overlords]]. Later in the Norman period, it came into the possession of the De Gravenel family, after whom it was named '''Tooting Graveney'''. Until minor changes in the 19th century it consisted of {{convert|2|km2|sqmi|frac=8|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51349 |title=Tonbridge - Topsham |editor=Samuel Lewis |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1848 |work=A Topographical Dictionary of England |access-date=4 November 2014}}</ref> The ancient parish of Tooting Graveney included the southern part of what is now Streatham.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vision of Britain, Tooting Graveney parish boundary |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10059161/boundary}}</ref>

Upper Tooting, or '''Tooting Bec''' (for centuries administered as part of Streatham), appears as a [[Manorialism|manor]] held by the [[Bec Abbey|Abbey of Hellouin Bec]], in Normandy, thus acquiring the "Bec" in its name. Its Domesday assets were 5 [[hide (unit)|hide]]s. It had {{frac|5|1|2}} ploughlands and so was assessed as rendering £7.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/XX0000/tooting-graveney-and-upper-tooting|title=Place: Tooting [Graveney] and [Upper] Tooting|work=Open Domesday|access-date=21 May 2016|author=Anna Powell-Smith|publisher=Professor J.J.N. Palmer, University of Hull}}</ref>

As with many of South London's suburbs, Tooting developed during the late Victorian period.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/200064/local_history_and_heritage/194/listed_buildings_and_borough_history/6|title=The history of the borough - Listed buildings and borough history|publisher=Wandsworth Council|access-date=21 May 2016|archive-date=26 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026234530/http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/200064/local_history_and_heritage/194/listed_buildings_and_borough_history/6|url-status=dead}}</ref> Some development occurred in the Edwardian era but another large spurt in growth happened during the 1920s and 30s.

* 1902: Tooting Library opened as a one-storey structure. A second storey was added in 1906.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ww3.wandsworth.gov.uk/news/pressreleasedetail.asp?id%3D1942 |title=Tooting Library celebrates 100th birthday |access-date=24 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024174716/http://ww3.wandsworth.gov.uk/news/pressreleasedetail.asp?id=1942 |archive-date=24 October 2014|publisher=Wandsworth Council|date=13 November 2002 }}</ref> In 2012 the library was extended and refurbished<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.co.uk/whoweare/news/449/?a=1|title=Design award for Tooting Library|publisher=NPS Group|access-date=21 May 2016|date=26 March 2012}}</ref>
* 1906: [[Tooting Bec Lido]] opened<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/sport-fitness/tooting-bec-lido|title=Tooting Bec Lido|work=Time Out London|access-date=21 May 2016}}</ref>
* 1930: [[St Benedict's Hospital]] established by the [[London County Council]]
* 1931: [[Granada, Tooting|Granada cinema]] opened with the film ''[[Monte Carlo (1930 film)|Monte Carlo]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/9424|title=Granada Tooting in London, GB - Cinema Treasures|website=cinematreasures.org}}</ref>
* 1954: [[St George's Hospital]] begins to relocate to Tooting from [[Hyde Park Corner]], taking over the old Grove Fever and Fountain Hospitals<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sgul.ac.uk/about-st-georges/history-of-st-georges|title=History of St George's|publisher=St George's, University of London|access-date=21 May 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141024163740/http://www.sgul.ac.uk/about-st-georges/history-of-st-georges|archive-date=24 October 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* 2003: Redevelopment of [[St George's Hospital]] buildings completed{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}