Streatham ( ) is a district in south

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, England. Centred south of Charing Cross, it lies mostly within the

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, with some parts extending into the neighbouring

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. Streatham was in

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before becoming part of the

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in 1889, and then

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in 1965. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.

History

Streatham means "the hamlet on the street". The street in question, the London to Brighton Way, was the

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from the capital

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to the south coast near Portslade, today within Brighton and Hove. It is likely that the destination was a Roman port now lost to coastal erosion, which has been tentatively identified with 'Novus Portus' mentioned in

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's Geographia. The road is confusingly referred to as Stane Street (Stone Street) in some sources and diverges from the main London-Chichester road at

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. After the departure of the Romans, the main road through Streatham remained an important trackway. From the 17th century it was adopted as the main coach road to Croydon and

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, and then on to

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and

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. 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 first parish church, St Leonard's, was founded in

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times but an early Tudor tower is the only remaining structure pre-dating 1831 when the body of the church was rebuilt. The mediaeval parish covered a wider area including Balham and Tooting Bec. Streatham appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Estreham''. It was held by Bec-Hellouin Abbey (in Normandy) from Richard de Tonbrige. Its domesday assets were: 2 hides, 1 virgate and 6½ ploughlands of cultivated land and of meadow and herbage (mixed grass and bracken). Annually it was assessed to render £4 5s 0d to its overlords.

Streatham Village and Streatham Wells

The village remained largely unchanged until the 18th century, when its 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

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merchants and others to build their country residences in Streatham. In spite of London's expansion, a limited number of developments took place in the village in the second half of the nineteenth century, Streatham Vale sprung up to the South later still and the small parade of shops by Streatham Common Station has become known colloquially as Streatham Village. Wellfield Road, which had previously been known as Leigham Lane, was renamed to reflect its role as the main route from the centre of Streatham to one of the well locations. Another mineral well was located on the south side of Streatham Common, in an area that now forms part of The Rookery, where it can still be seen and visited within the formal gardens.

Streatham Park or Streatham Place

In the 1730s, Streatham Park, a Georgian country mansion, was built by the brewer Ralph Thrale on land he bought from the Lord of the Manor - the fourth Duke of Bedford. Streatham Park later passed to Ralph's son

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, who with his wife Hester Thrale entertained many of the leading literary and artistic characters of the day, most notably the lexicographer

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. The dining room contained 12 portraits of Henry's guests painted by his friend

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. These pictures were wittily labelled by Fanny Burney as the Streatham Worthies. Streatham Park was later leased to Prime Minister Lord Shelburne, and was the venue for early negotiations with

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that led to the Peace Treaty of 1783. Streatham Park was demolished in 1863.

Park Hill

One large house that survives is Park Hill, on the north side of Streatham Common, rebuilt in the early 19th century for the Leaf family. It was latterly the home of

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, sugar refiner, benefactor of local libraries across south London, including

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, and founder of the Tate Gallery at

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Urbanisation

Development accelerated after the opening of Streatham Hill railway station on the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway in 1856. The other two railway stations followed within fifteen years. Some estates, such as ''Telford Park'' to the west of Streatham Hill, were spaciously planned with facilities like

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clubs. Despite the local connections to the Dukes of Bedford, there is no link to the contemporary Bedford Park in west London. Another generously sized development was Roupell Park, the area near Christchurch Road promoted by the Roupell family. Other streets adopted more conventional suburban layouts. Three more parish churches were built to serve the growing area, including Immanuel and St Andrew's (1854), St Peter's (1870) and St Margaret the Queen's (1889). There is now a mixture of buildings from all architectural eras of the past 200 years.

The inter-war period

After the

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Streatham developed as a location for entertainment, with the

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, three cinemas, the Locarno ballroom and Streatham Ice Rink all adding to its reputation as "the West End of South London". With the advent of electric tram services, it also grew as a shopping centre serving a wide area to the south. In the 1930s large numbers of blocks of flats were constructed along the High Road. These speculative developments were not initially successful. They were only filled when émigré communities began to arrive in London after leaving countries under the domination of

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. In 1932 the parish church of th
Holy Redeemer
was built in Streatham Vale to commemorate the work of William Wilberforce.

Retail decline and recovery

Pratts department store, Streatham in 1978

In the 1950s Streatham had the longest and busiest shopping street in south London. Streatham became the site of the UK's first

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, when Express Dairies Premier Supermarkets opened its first store in 1951; Waitrose subsequently opened its first supermarket in Streatham in 1955, but it closed down in 1963. However, a combination of factors led to a gradual decline through the 1970s and a more rapid decline in the 1980s. These included long term population movements out to Croydon,

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and Sutton; the growth of heavy traffic on the A23 (main road from central London to

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and Brighton); and a lack of redevelopment sites in the town centre. This culminated in 1990 when the closure of Pratts, which had grown from a Victorian draper's shop to a

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operated since the 1940s by the John Lewis Partnership, coincided with the opening of a large Sainsbury's supermarket half a mile south of the town centre, replacing an existing, smaller Sainbury's store opposite Streatham Hill railway station. Several recent additions, such as Argos, Lidl and Peacocks, are located in new retail spaces on the site of Pratt's but, in common with other high streets, retail recovery has been slow, and a substantial proportion of vacant space has been taken by a growing number of restaurants, bars and coffee shops. In August 2011, Streatham was selected as one of the areas to benefit from Round 1 of the Mayor of London's ''Outer London Fund'', gaining £300,000. Later, Streatham was awarded a further £1.6 million, matched by another £1 million by Lambeth. The money from this fund was spent on improving streets and public spaces in Streatham. This includes the smartening up of shop fronts through painting and cleaning, replacing shutters and signage as well as helping to reveal facilities behind the high street such as The Stables Community Centre. Streatham Library has also undergone a £1.2 million refurbishment. The Tudor Hall behind the library was brought back into public use as ''The Mark Bennett Centre'' providing a meeting and performance space. Streatham Skyline introduced new lighting to highlight some of Streatham's more attractive buildings and monuments with the aim of improving safety and the overall attractiveness of the area.

Contemporary Streatham

In September 2002, Streatham High Road was voted the "Worst Street in Britain" in a poll organised by the BBC ''Today'' programme and

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. This largely reflected the dominance of through traffic along High Road. Plans for investment and regeneration had begun before the poll, with local amenity group the Streatham Society leading a successful partnership bid for funding from central government for environmental improvements. Work started in winter 2003–04 with the refurbishment of Streatham Green and repaving and relighting of the High Road between St Leonard's Church and the Odeon Cinema. In 2005 Streatham Green won the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association 'London Spade' award for best public open space scheme in the capital. The poll was a catalyst for Lambeth London Borough Council and Transport for London's Street Management to co-operate on a joint funding arrangement for further streetscape improvements, which benefited the section of the High Road between St Leonard's and Streatham station, and the stretch north of the Odeon as far as Woodbourne Avenue. The section between Woodbourne Avenue and Streatham Hill station was not completed until 2015. Any further improvements north of Streatham Hill have been halted because of TfL's budgetary shortfall. Streatham Festival was established in 2002. It has grown to a festival with over 50 events held in an array of locations, from bars to churches and parks to youth centres, attracting over 3,000 people. After several years of delay and controversy over phasing, construction started in the autumn of 2011 on the ''Streatham Hub'' - a major redevelopment next to Streatham railway station. The project was a joint development by Lambeth Council and Tesco. The project involved the demolition of

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, Streatham Leisure Centre and the former Streatham Bus Garage, and their replacement with a new leisure centre and a Tesco store with 250 flats above it. Streatham Leisure Centre closed in November 2009 due to health and safety concerns when part of the pool hall ceiling collapsed. Streatham Ice Arena closed on 18 December 2011, having celebrated eighty years of operation in February 2011. For two years a temporary ice rink was provided at Popes Road, Brixton. In November 2013, the new Streatham Ice and Leisure Centre opened to the public. The leisure centre houses a 60 m x 30 m indoor ice rink with 1,000 rink-side seats on the upper floors, a six-lane 25 m swimming pool, 13 m teaching pool, four-court sports hall and a gym with 100 stations. The jazz venue Hideaway continues Streatham's long entertainment tradition. It features live performances of jazz, funk, swing and soul music as well as

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nights. It won the Jazz Venue/Promoter of the Year category in the 2011

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. On 2 February 2020 at around 14:00 GMT, Sudesh Mamoor Faraz Amman attacked and injured two people using a machete on Streatham High Street in what police declared a terrorist incident. Alongside the machete, Amman was also wearing a vest with components made to look like improvised explosive devices. He was pursued by armed police and was fatally shot outside a Boots pharmacy. Streatham High Road also was host to Cat's Whiskers which later became Caesar's nightclub in the early 1990s through to 2005, which closed to become the site of the newly developed block of flats with a Marks and Spencer supermarket and Starbucks.

Administration

Streatham is covered by Lambeth London Borough Council and lies within the parliamentary constituency of the same name.

Demography

In the 2011 census, Streatham, comprising the wards of Streatham Hill, Streatham South and Streatham Wells, was

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or White British (55.3%),

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or Black British (24.1%), Asian or Asian British (10%), Mixed/multiple ethnic groups (7.5%), and Other ethnic group (2.2%). The largest single ethnicity is White British (35.5%).

Education

* Bishop Thomas Grant School * Dunraven School *

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* Streatham & Clapham High School * London Steiner School * Sunnyhill Primary School * Hitherfield Primary School
Streatham Wells Primary School
* St Andrews RC Primary School * Goldfinch (Formerly Eardley) Primary School (Wandsworth) * Penwortham Primary School (Wandsworth) * St Leonard's Primary School * Broomwood Hall Lower School * Henry Cavendish Primary School (Streatham campus)

Sport

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(

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) * London Warriors (

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) * South London Storm (

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) * Streatham-Croydon RFC

Places of worship

* St Leonard's Church (Church of England) - the historic parish church * English Martyrs' Church (Roman Catholic) - located opposite St Leonard's - it is the second of Streatham's "twin spires" * Christ Church, Streatham Hill (Church of England) * Holy Redeemer Church, Streatham Vale (Church of England) * Immanuel and St Andrew Church, Streatham (Church of England) * St Margaret the Queen, Cricklade Avenue, Streatham Hill (Church of England) *

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(Church of England) * St Simon and St Jude, Hillside Road, Streatham Hill (Roman Catholic) * Streatham Baptist Church, Lewin Road * Hambro Road Baptist Church * Streatham Methodist Church, Riggindale Road * New Covenant Church, Pendennis Road * Islamic Centre, Estreham Road (Shi’a) * Streatham Friends Meeting House, Roupell Park Estate (Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)) * Streatham Mosque, Mitcham Lane (Sunni) * Streatham Hill Mosque, Norfolk House Road (Sunni) * South London Synagogue, Leigham Court Road (United Synagogue) * South London Liberal Synagogue, Prentis Road (Liberal Judaism) * Hitherfield Road Baptist Church Streatham * St James' Streatham, Mitcham Lane (SW16 6NT) * Mitcham Lane Baptist Church, Mitcham Lane (SW16 6NT) * St Albans - Evangelical, Pretoria Road (SW16 6RR) * Streatham Central Church, Wellfield Road (SW16 2BP)

Notable residents

Among the people who were born, lived or worked in Streatham, or are otherwise associated with the area are: * Arthur Anderson, P&O founder, and Liberal Radical MP * Lynda Baron, actor * Jonathan Bartley, former co-leader of the Green Party * Giuseppe Baretti, linguist * Arnold Bax, composer * Sarah Beeny, television presenter * Floella Benjamin, actress and TV presenter * Hywel Bennett, actor * Ian Bostridge, Tenor * Mark Bostridge, Writer * Bernard Braden, Actor and TV personality * Druce Brandt, cricketer * Henry Robertson Bowers, explorer *

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, philosopher * Charles Burney, composer and music historian * Frances Burney, novelist and playwright * Simon Callow, actor * Naomi Campbell, model * Geoffrey Cather, Victoria Cross-winning soldier *

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, bishop of Southwalk- official residence in Streatham * Nicholas Clay, actor *

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, George Medal recipient * Aleister Crowley *

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, actor, director, and author, born in Streatham * Edward Foster, Victoria Cross * John Galliano, fashion designer *

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, celebrity madame *

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, first-class cricketer and British Army officer * Catherine Russell, actor * Arthur Sanders, WW2 RAF Commander, Air Chief Marshal * Duncan Sandys, Lord, MP * Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman, Law Lord * Lord Shelburne, prime minister * Alan Simpson, Comedy script writer * Arnold Spencer-Smith, explorer * Michaela Strachan, TV presenter and actress * Graham Sutherland, artist * Henry Tate, sugar merchant and philanthropist * Shaw Taylor, actor and TV presenter * Hester Thrale, author and patron of the arts *

, MP and brewer * Nina Toussaint-White, actress * John Torode, chef and TV presenter * Stan Tracey, jazz musician *

Tommy Trinder Thomas Edward Trinder CBE (24 March 1909 – 10 July 1989) was an English stage, screen and radio comedian whose catchphrase was "You lucky people!". Described by cultural historian Matthew Sweet as "a cocky, front-of-cloth variety turn", he was ...

, comedian * Leonora Tyson, suffragist * Chuka Umunna, former Labour and Liberal Democrat MP *

Dennis Wheatley Dennis Yeats Wheatley (8 January 1897 – 10 November 1977) was a British writer whose prolific output of thrillers and occult novels made him one of the world's best-selling authors from the 1930s through the 1960s. His Gregory Sallust series ...

, author * June Whitfield, actress *

W. P. D. Wightman Dr William Persehouse Delisle Wightman FRSE (1899–1983) was a 20th-century British philosophical author. He was President of the British Society for the History of Science. Life He was born on 4 June 1899 in Streatham Hill in London, the son ...

FRSE Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This soci ...

(1899-1983), scientific author * John Lewis Wolfe (1798-1881), architect, artist and stockbrokerBlissett, David G. (2004), "Wolfe, John Lewis (1798–1881)", ''Oxford National Dictionary of Biography'', https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/57399. * Bill Wyman, musician * Andy Zaltzman, comedian

Nearest places

* Balham * Brixton * Colliers Wood * Clapham Park * Crystal Palace * Furzedown * Herne Hill * Mitcham * Norbury * Pollards Hill * Thornton Heath *

Tooting Tooting is a district in South London, forming part of the London Borough of Wandsworth and partly in the London Borough of Merton. It is located south south-west of Charing Cross. History Tooting has been settled since pre-Saxon times. ...

Upper Norwood Upper Norwood is an area of south London, England, within the London Boroughs of Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth and Southwark. It is north of Croydon and the eastern part of it is better known as the Crystal Palace area. Upper Norwood is situated ...

* West Norwood * Wimbledon

Nearest railway stations

* Balham station Northern Line and National Rail * Brixton tube station Victoria Line * Norbury railway station * Streatham Common railway station * Streatham Hill railway station * Streatham railway station * Tooting Bec tube station Northern Line

References

External links

* {{Authority control Streatham, Districts of the London Borough of Lambeth Areas of London Major centres of London History of the London Borough of Lambeth