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Blackheath

British  
/ ˈblækhiːθ /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Mary Quant was born in Feb 1934 in Blackheath, southeast London, the daughter of Jack and Mary Quant, who had originally come from mining families in South Wales.

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

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

From BBC Jun. 16, 2021

I knew he was a cockney but he’d married a woman from Dulwich and they lived in Blackheath, both of which are posh, so I thought he might’ve improved his accent, which I’ve done, too.

From The Guardian Aug. 30, 2018

He and I went to dine with Tennant at Blackheath last Thursday: there we met Edgeworth, who has got a large house at Eltham, and is lying in wait for pupils.

From Tennyson and His Friends by Various

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