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Blackheath

British

/ ˈblækhiːθ /

noun

a residential district in SE London, mainly in the boroughs of Lewisham and Greenwich: a large heath formerly notorious for highwaymen

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Perry was born in Blackheath, London, in October 1938, and moved first to the Bahamas at the age of eight before settling in New Zealand.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023

Barbara Mary Quant was born in London on Feb. 11, 1930, and grew up in the city’s Blackheath area.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2023

Mr Hinchley-Robson, from Blackheath, London, was working as a chef at the former RAF satellite station when he became unwell and was diagnosed with glandular fever.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2022

Twice in my life I shot 74 on a full-size course, the second time, at Royal Blackheath, with an O.B. drive on the 17th.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 19, 2018

There were more roads then than now, in proportion to the rest of the golfing hazards in the world—as at Blackheath, Wimbledon, and Musselburgh.

From Fifty Years of Golf by Hutchinson, Horace G.

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