An 1868 Gazetteer description of the following places in Streatham

 

STREATHAM

"STREATHAM, a parish and suburb of the metropolis in the E. division of Brixton hundred, county Surrey, 6 miles S.W. of St. Paul's. There are two stations-viz:, at Streatham and Streatham Common, on the Crystal Palace and West End, Croydon and Brighton railways. This parish, which derives its name from its situation on the line of the great Roman road Stane Street, extends for nearly three miles along the Brighton road. The population in 1861 was 8,027." (There is more of this description).

"BALHAM-HILL, a hamlet and suburban district in the parish of Streatham, eastern division of the hundred of Brixton, in the county of Surrey, 5 miles to the S. of London; Streatham is its post town. It is a station on the Crystal Palace railway, and contains several detached residences. This place is mentioned in Domesday Book under the name of Belgeham. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Winchester, and in the patronage of the Rector of Streatham. The church is dedicated to St. Mary."

"KNIGHTS-HILL, a hamlet in the parish of Streatham, E. division of the hundred of Brixton, county Surrey, 5 miles S. of St. Paul's. It is situated near Dulwich, and was formerly the seat of Lord Chancellor Thurlow."

"TOOTING BECK, (or Upper Tooting), a hamlet in the parish of Streatham, East division of Brixton hundred, county Surrey, 6½ miles S.W. of London, and half a mile from the Balham station, on the London and Brighton and Crystal Palace and West End railways. There is a church in that part of the hamlet adjoining Balham Hill, built in 1806, with a painted E. window. There are schools at Balham.

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
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