Vassall ward is an administrative division of the

London Borough of Lambeth Lambeth () is a London boroughs, London borough in South London, England, which forms part of Inner London. Its name was recorded in 1062 as ''Lambehitha'' ("landing place for lambs") and in 1255 as ''Lambeth''. The geographical centre of London ...

, United Kingdom. It is also known as 'Myatt's Field' when informally describing the area. It is located in the North of borough bordering Southwark, in the SW9 and SE5 postcode area. The area is named after Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland who was responsible for the first building development in the area in the 1820s. The ward is made up of mostly

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but includes parts of

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, Oval and a very small part of

Kennington Kennington is a district in south London, England. It is mainly within the London Borough of Lambeth, running along the boundary with the London Borough of Southwark, a boundary which can be discerned from the early medieval period between the ...

. The ward i
noted
for its high numbers of households living in deprived conditions. Housing stock in the ward ranges from large detached houses to towerblocks�
ONS figures
show that over 61% of housing in the ward is rented from the local authority or from a housing association with many people living on large housing estates such as the Myatts Fields North, Myatts Fields South, Cowley, Holland Town and Caldwell Gardens estate. Christ Church, Brixton Road

The ward contains several open spaces and parks including Myatt's Fields Park, Eythorne Park and Slade Gardens. It also contains the churches of

St John the Divine, Kennington St John the Divine, Kennington, is an Anglican church in London. The parish of Kennington is within the Anglican Diocese of Southwark. The church was designed by the architect George Edmund Street (who also built the Royal Courts of Justice on S ...

and Christ Church Brixton Road. At the 2011 Census the population of the ward was 14,143. Vassall ward is located in the Lambeth and Southwark London assembly constituency and is represented by

Labour Co-op Labour and Co-operative Party (often abbreviated Labour Co-op; cy, Llafur a'r Blaid Gydweithredol) is a description used by candidates in United Kingdom elections who stand on behalf of both the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party and the Co-operativ ...

Member Florence Eshalomi. It is in the Vauxhall parliamentary constituency and is one of four wards in the borough's north Lambeth division.

Lambeth Council elections 2018

The 2018 Lambeth council elections took place on Thursday May 3, 2018 with three councillors to be elected.

Former residents of Vassall ward

Artist Vincent van Gogh briefly lived in Hackford Road in Vassall ward. Other famous former Vassall inhabitants include Prime Minister

John Major Sir John Major (born 29 March 1943) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997, and as Member of Parliament ...

who lived in Burton Road, music hall artist Dan Leno and landscape painter David Cox.

References

External links

Lambeth Borough Council profile for the wardLambeth map of the wardVassall ward election results on lambeth websiteVassall View
Vassall Ward website with local news and information and details of Vassall Labour Party

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