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So called because its entire length runs along what was the boundary of Streatham Parish (which included Tooting) with Wimbledon Parish – it was also a Union and Parliamentary Borough boundary. It was originally agricultural land part of Norfolk Farm, The boundary is clearly shown on a map of the 1890s. The area began to be developed in the early 1900s following the arrival of the electric tramway along the High Street from Tooting Broadway to Wimbledon in 1907. This increased the value of undeveloped land for speculative builders who threw up houses to appeal to lower middle class tenants, although work on this road doesn’t appear to have started until much later. Even though these boundaries have now been superseded, Boundary Road remains close to the point where the London Boroughs of Wandsworth and Merton meet, as well as of postcode districts SW19 and SW17, so the name is remains appropriate.
