tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6397336.post5954452218533269629..comments2024-01-11T17:56:05.385+00:00Comments on Gullible's Travels: Further historical facts about Wandsworth in the days gone byMark McLellanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064109636549782786noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6397336.post-13207296445217148042022-03-30T03:26:14.142+01:002022-03-30T03:26:14.142+01:00A son of Wandsworth, Richard Ragless, migrated to ...A son of Wandsworth, Richard Ragless, migrated to Adelaide, South Australia in the early 1800s, where he established a 'model farm'. He named it 'Tonsley' after the Tonsley Hall you mention here.<br /><br />The Ragless family passed the property on to the state of South Australia in the 1950s and it became a Chrysler and then Mitsubishi factory until 2008.<br /><br />It is now being redeveloped as the Tonsley Innovation Precinct and it sits within a newly named suburb of 'Tonsley'.<br /><br />The name lives on. Thanks to your blog, I was able to discover what 'Tonsley Hall' referred to.Leif Rasmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17673126853215124123noreply@blogger.com