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

Their first live show consisted of around 20 people in a pub in London's Blackheath.

From BBC • May 19, 2021

Buses replace #BlueMountainsLine trains between Mount Victoria & Lawson due to a tree in the overhead wiring at Blackheath & a landslip at Leura caused by severe weather conditions.

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2020

Donations raised thousands of pounds but most of these new arrivals were housed in army camps on Blackheath.

From BBC • May 8, 2018

There are, to be sure, the Royal Blackheath and the Royal Wimbledon.

From Fifty Years of Golf by Hutchinson, Horace G.

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