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Subtitles available under video via CC button. Series Soundtrack available at https://yeththar.bandcamp.com/follow_me. Watch #LondonDistricts on TV @ Sky 117, Freeview 8, Virgin Media 159 and YouView 8 via London Live. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Series Playlist - https://bit.ly/2CcZFSA Facebook fanpage - facebook.com/LondonDistricts/ Twitter -   / dewyneuk   Instagram - instagram.com/dewynelindsay/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blackheath stretches across the very top of south east London governed and shared between both the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Lewisham. This large green conservation area is undoubtably one of the most beautiful public open spaces in the capital. It features a village at its centre and sits just east of Lewisham and south of Greenwich; 7 miles away from Charing Cross, served directly by train. A common misconception since the middle ages is that Blackheath was used as a mass burial ground for the victims of the 14th century 'Black Death' pandemic which wiped out about half the European population. We know today however, that the name instead refers to the much darker colour of the poor uncultivated soil on the heath in contrast to the rich, healthy green fields lining the Thames which it overlooks nearby. Chalk, gravel and larger pebbles were dug out of it for ballast and this created deep pits all over the Heath. Some of these were filled in with rubble and others are now ponds. Blackheath has been the start of the London Marathon for the last 34 years accommodating thousands of runners. It holds either a funfair or circus across most bank holiday periods and it hosts a fireworks display each year on whichever Saturday in November is closest to Guy Fawkes Night. The 'On Blackheath' music festival at the start of each summer, has become a unique celebration of good food with a truly spectacular line-up of global stars such as Grace Jones, Massive Attack, De La Soul and Jamiroquai to name just a handful. The Sun in the Sands is a public house at the edge of Blackheath giving its name to the adjacent A2 roundabout junction meeting the A102 for Blackwall Tunnel. The present pub dates back to around 1745 but this location has been a meeting point since the Middle Ages. The name Sun in the Sands comes from the sight of the sunlight setting amidst the dust kicked up by sheep being herded from Kent into London. Blackheath is strategically important given its open, high ground not too far outside the City. The Romans used it as a conduit to pave out their almost country wide Great Dover Road (aka Watling Street) forming part of the London A2 today. The Cornish rebellion of 1497 was an uprising of the impoverished Cornish people in response to unreasonable taxation by the King in aid of a war campaign against Scotland. After camping at Blackheath, the Cornish rebels descended from the heath to face an army of 25,000 in what would be called the Battle of Deptford Bridge beside the River Ravensbourne. The Cornish lacked the supporting cavalry and artillery arms essential to the modern forces of the time and were thus suppressed quickly and easily. More than 2,000 of them are buried under the large mound of earth on Blackheath that is Whitefield Mount. This Grade II-listed Georgian Chinoiserie pavilion with its striking, curved roof is called The Pagoda. It was originally a summer house for the Earl of Cardigan and was later used by Caroline, Princess of Wales before it became a children's home a century later. Lewisham borough is justly proud of it falling within their portion of Blackheath.