Streatham, SW16

Streatham is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth in the United Kingdom . It is a multicultural inner London suburb situated south of Brixton. Streatham is 5.5 miles (8.8 km) south of Charing Cross.

Streatham means "the hamlet on the street". The street in question started as the Roman Road from the capital Londinium to the coast near Portslade. It is likely that the destination was a Roman port now lost to coastal erosion, which has been tentatively identified with the 'Novus Portus' mentioned in Ptolemy's Geographia.The road is confusingly referred to as Stane Street in some sources, although it diverges from the main London-Chichester road at Kennington.

After the departure of the Romans, the road remained an important trackway. From the seventeenth century it was adopted as the main coach road to Croydon and East Grinstead, and then on to Newhaven and Lewes. In 1780 it then became the route of the turnpike road from London to Brighton, and subsequently became the basis for the modern A23.

This road (and its traffic) have shaped Streatham's development.

Streatham's parish church, St Leonard's, dates back to Saxon times, although only the mediaeval tower remains in the present church. The mediaeval parish covered an extensive area, including most of modern Balham and parts of Tooting.

The village remained largely unchanged until the 18th century, when the village's natural springs, known as Streatham Wells, were first celebrated for their health giving properties. The reputation of the spa, and improved turnpike roads, attracted wealthy City of London merchants and others to lay out their country residences in Streatham. Few of these large houses still remain, as the area was rapidly urbanised as London expanded.

Local Sport :
Crystal Palace F.C.
Streatham Redskins
Dulwich Hamlet F.C.
South London Storm
Streatham-Croydon RFC

Nearest places :
Balham
Brixton
Furzedown
Norbury
Tooting
Upper Norwood
West Norwood

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