Blackheath (London) | park

United Kingdom / England / Westham / London
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Contrary to local belief, the name has nothing to do with the plague or Black Death or, as certain sources tell us, a combination of the words “bleak” and “heath”. Blackheath was settled by Romans as a stopping point on Watling Street.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackheath,_Kent_(hundred)
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Coordinates:   51°28'19"N   0°0'16"E

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  • "Heath" is a word for untended land where certain flowering shrubs grow.
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