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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.
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.
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Places England. 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
Jack Cade's Cavern [1] [2] is a cavern, extending several hundred feet underground, in Blackheath, south-east London, England. It is located northwest of the Heath and southwest of Greenwich Park, mostly beneath the lawn of Hollymount Close. It was re-discovered in about the year 1780. [3] They are also referred to as the Blackheath Caverns. [4]
George Wilson on one of his famous walks. On 11 September 1815, the 50-year-old Wilson undertook his longest feat: walking 1,000 miles around Blackheath, in 20 days for £100, to be collected from the people of Woolwich.
Blackheath Hundred or the Hundred of Blackheath was a hundred in the county of Surrey, England. It corresponds to parts of the districts of Waverley and ...
Blackheath Primary School is located in the area, [2] and was originally built by Rowley Regis urban district council on Powke Lane during the late 19th century, incorporating a 5-7 infant school and 7-11 junior school and later including a nursery unit for 3 and 4 year olds. The schools merged in September 1990 to form Blackheath Primary ...