Blackheath (London)
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 28 ′ N , 0 ° 1 ′ E | ||
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| Residents | 25,116 | ||
| language | English | ||
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| Post town | LONDON | ||
| ZIP code section | SE3 | ||
| prefix | 020 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
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Lewisham Greenwich |
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Blackheath is a district of London , the majority of which is in the London Borough of Lewisham . It is named after the centrally located grassland that forms the border between Lewisham and Greenwich .
history
Development of the name
The name Blackheath was first mentioned in 1166 as Blachehedfeld , which means something like "dark-colored heathland". It was formed from the Old English words blæc and hǣth . In 1226 it was written as Blakehetfeld and in 1275 as Blakeheth .
According to local rumors, the name goes back to the Great Plague of London in the years 1665 and 1666 or the Black Death (Engl. Black Death ) mid-14th century back. The historical basis of this rumor is that the Blackheath heathland was then used as a kind of mass grave for victims of the plague epidemic from 1347 to 1353.
middle Ages
The Roman Road , later known as Watling Street , crosses the northern boundary of Blackheath towards Deptford Creek .
Blackheath was the rendezvous of the Peasants' Revolt led by Wat Tyler in 1381 and Jack Cade's 1450 rebellion with the aim of defeating Henry VI. to fall. He is the namesake of Wat Tyler Road in the west of Blackheath. On June 17, 1497, the Battle of Deptford Bridge , also known as the Battle of Blackheath , took place on Deptford Creek . The British author Edward Walford describes Blackheath with the words: “In past times it was planted with gibbets, on which the bleaching bones of men who had dared to ask for some extension of liberty, or who doubted the infallibility of kings, were left year after year to dangle in the wind. ”( Edward Walford : Old and New London).
19th and 20th centuries
In 1909 there was a local branch of the London Society for Women's Suffrage in Blackheath .
Personalities
- John Vanbrugh (1664–1726), architect and playwright
- Augusta von Hannover (1737-1813), Princess Royal, Duchess and Princess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
- Caroline von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1768–1821), Queen of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover
- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917), medical doctor
- William Kelly Northern Irish ancient language scholar, Bible interpreter, author and preacher of the Brethren movement (1821-1906), lived from 1871 to 1906 in the village
- Aston Webb (1849-1930), architect
- Francis Alphonsus Bourne (1861–1935), Archbishop of Westminster
- Richard Branson (born 1950), entrepreneur
literature
- Elizabeth Crawford: The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866–1928. Routledge Chapman & Hall, London 2001, ISBN 978-0-415-23926-4 .
- AD Mills: Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford University Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-19-956678-5 .
- Edward Walford: Old and New London: Volume 6. Cassell, London 1897.
