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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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

The 19-year-old, from Blackheath in south-east London, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 35 years last month.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2021

Geoff Fenn is steward at the Blackheath allotments on the other side of Colchester.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2021

In 1815 so many people went to Blackheath common to watch a man walk in a loop for 1,000 miles that the police arrested him for causing a breach of the peace.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 25, 2020

I walked over Blackheath and thought of poor dear Mrs. Watson.

From The Life of George Borrow by Clement K. Shorter

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