Streatham

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

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Streatham originated as a village on the Roman Road, Stane Street, leading south from the capital Londinium to Chichester. Its parish church, St Leonard's, goes back to Saxon times, although only the medieval tower remains in the present church.

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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.

London Borough of Lambeth: The London Borough of Lambeth is a London borough in inner southwest London. It was formed in 1965 from the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth and Streatham and Clapham from the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth....

Brixton: Brixton is an area of South London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth....

Charing Cross: The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile....