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Southfields shares its secret ; Southfields is London's ideal family location, with handsome Victorian villas, grand parkland and one of the largest lakes in London, says Anthea Masey
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SOUTHFIELDS, in south-west London, can trace its name back to the
13th century when it first appeared on maps as the south fields in
the manor of Dunsford. For six centuries it remained an area of open
farmland, until the arrival of the railway in 1889, when it was
developed to accommodate the capital's growing commuter population.
This little enclave lies south of gritty Wandsworth Town and east
of quaint Wimbledon Village, and is caught up in the spread of
"nappy valley", attracting ...
