Putney
a suburb of London, England, in Surrey, 6 miles W. S. W. of Waterloo, on the S. side of the Thames.
It is a great rowing place, the starting point of the Oxford and Cambridge boat race. The parish church, with a 15th century tower and the chantry of Bishop West of Ely, was mainly rebuilt in 1836; in the churchyard is Toland's grave.
Putney is the birthplace of Thomas Cromwell and Gibbon, and the death place of Pitt and Leigh Hunt.