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Blackheath is an area in Southeast London, straddling the border of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Lewisham. [3] Historically within the county of Kent, it is located 1-mile (1.6 km) northeast of Lewisham, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Greenwich and 6.4 miles (10.3 km) southeast of Charing Cross, the traditional centre of London.
Blackheath was an ancient hundred in the north west of the county of Kent in England. It had become obsolete by the beginning of the 20th century in the wake of ongoing reforms to local government. The name "Blackheath" now refers to a district of SE London. [1] In 2022, the area of the old hundred lies mainly within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
John Strype's map of 1720 describes London as consisting of four parts: The City of London, Westminster, Southwark and the eastern 'That Part Beyond the Tower'. [1] As London expanded, it absorbed many hundreds of existing towns and villages which continued to assert their local identities.
Blackheath, London, England . Blackheath (Lewisham ward), an electoral ward for the Lewisham London Borough Council Blackheath railway station; Hundred of Blackheath, Kent, an ancient hundred in the north west of the county of Kent, England
A map showing the Lee wards of Lewisham Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916. The Manor of Lee was a historic parish of the Blackheath hundred and existed up to 1900 when it was merged with the parish of Lewisham to create the Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham.
The Hare and Billet is a public house located in Blackheath, London, overlooking parts of Greenwich Park. [1] [2] In the 18th century, the Hare and Billet was a coaching inn.
Lewisham East in London 1918–50 Borough wards' map, 1916 (which includes the 1918-created seat and that to the west) Map of boundaries 2010–2024 1918–1950 : The Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham wards of Blackheath, Church, Lewisham Park, Manor, and South, and parts of the wards of Catford and Lewisham Village.
Maze Hill is an area in Greenwich and Blackheath, in south-east London, lying to the east of Greenwich Park, and west of the Westcombe Park area of Blackheath. It is part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, and takes its name from the main thoroughfare, Maze Hill. It gives its name to Maze Hill railway station.