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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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Chiddingfold U10s were playing Blackheath U10s at Lurgashall, in Chichester, when the interruption occurred.

From BBC • May 19, 2023

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

I am informed that Mick McCarthy is a frequent visitor to the Cote Brasserie in Blackheath.

From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2019

This circumstance is the more curious when we reflect that at that time there was no golf about London except at Blackheath.

From The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer by Leach, Henry

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