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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 22 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BLACKHEATH , an open See also:

common in the See also:south-See also:east of See also:London, See also:England, mainly in the See also:metropolitan See also:borough of See also:Lewisham. This high-lying See also:tract was crossed by the See also:Roman Watling See also:Street from See also:Kent, on a See also:line approximating to that of the modem Shooter's See also:Hill; and was a rallying ground of Wat See also:Tyler (1381), of See also:Jack See also:Cade (1450), and of See also:Audley, See also:leader of the Cornish rebels, defeated and captured here by the troops of See also:Henry VII. in 1497. It also witnessed the acclamations of the citizens of London on the return of Henry V. from the victory of See also:Agincourt; the formal See also:meeting between Henry VIII. and See also:Anne of See also:Cleves, and thatbetween the See also:army of the restoration and See also:Charles H. The introduction into England of the See also:game of See also:golf is traditionally placed here in 16o8, and attributed to See also:King See also:James I. and his Scottish followers. The common, the See also:area of which is 267 acres, is still used for this and other pastimes. For the residential See also:district to which Blackheath gives name, see LEWISHAM.

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