Talk:Streatham

Dukes of Bedford

The article mentions a local connection to the Dukes of Bedford but does not say what this is. Does anyone know? As it is it feels a little incomplete. Lumos3 17:15, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Change redirect - " Streatham Hill "

" Streatham Hill " - should redirect to Streatham Hill & Brixton Hill not "Streatham". Alec - U.K. 14:50, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

No it shouldn't. Your creation of an article of that name is causing considerable confusion on various entries relating to Streatham, Brixton and local transport communications.

Brixton Hill refers to the main north-south ascent of the A23 from the floodplain of the Thames to higher ground. Streatham Hill is commonly used to describe a wider area of higher ground, not just the road with that modern name.

IMO What is needed is a better entry(or several entries) on Brixton Hill/Bristowe Causeway and Rush Common, not an attempt to link it to Streatham Hill which was historically in a different parish.

In fairness, the Streatham article also needs a rewrite to clarify which developments are in the historic village centre, and which were built in Streatham Hill folling construction of the railway.

--Lang rabbie 16:57, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree. Article titles such as Streatham Hill & Brixton Hill are unnecessary and create confusion. They do not reflect real-world practice. MRSC • Talk 17:49, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

MERGE urbanisation section into Brixton Hill

{{{PROPOSE}}} - The urbanisation section is the only section in which I have found any refrence to Streatham Hill other than a cursary reference to "Streatham and Brixton Hill" where it says that the area has attracked music hall personalities but does not list them. As well as a mention of Streatham Hill in the urbanisation section there are also metions of Christchurch Road and Roupel Park both of which I know to be in or near Brixton Hill. The section does not seem to me to have any refferences to anywhere south of SW2 other than the one to 2 railway stations presumably a reference to 2 stations on the same line as each other with the word "Streatham" in their titles other than the one in SW2 which it fails to metion had the word "Brixton" in its title originaly (I fould this out from the article on the station itself). I think it is important that any article about the road named "Brixton Hill" states its relationship with the road named "Streatham Hill" with which it has much in common, and it is also important that if there is one about the hill called "Brixton Hill" that it should state the relationship of that hill with the hill called "Streatham Hill". I know that both the urbanisation section and the article that I am proposing to merge it in to, metion either Rouple Park or Rush Common. Although one calls Roupel Park a development and the other indentifies Rush Common as an area of common land, combining infomation on both Rouple Park and Rush Common would, I hope, give a broader picture of the development of the relatively less built up area between the High streets of Streatham and Brixton. 87.194.35.230 17:18, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Stongly Disagree There may be a case for a separate article on Streatham Hill. Indeed, I may get around to writing it myself. But it needs to based on properly researched sources, and needs to make clearer that the historical boundary between Streatham and Brixton was further north. The dividing line of the South Circular road has only been a major traffic route since the 1950s. This was originally a quiet carriage road in the original Roupell Park development comprising the streets of Christchurch Road and Palace Road. Lambeth's modern Roupell Park estate is to the north of the Roupell family's land holdings.

And most of the development history of the area east of Rush Common should properly sit in the Tulse Hill article.--Lang rabbie 16:04, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

As there has been no support for this I have removed the merge tag. Regan123 12:28, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Stratham, New Hampshire

Any thoughts on if/where to include the little fact that the town of Stratham, New Hampshire was named after Streatham? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.39.192.115 (talk) 07:26, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Given that the history section looks to be written by a fairly knowlegdeable New Hampshire resident Wikipedian, I'd include it. The Secretary of the Streatham Societyvisited Stratham in 2003 and reported that a minority in the Stratham Historical Societydisagreed with this etymology but most seemed convinced of the historic link through an early NH Governor.

Is there also aneed to consider a reference to the tiny rural township of Streatham in the Ararat District of Victoria, Australia? --Lang rabbie 19:12, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Also, does anybody know if there's any historical link to Stretham, Cambridgeshire? I don't imagine there is, but I could be wrong... KoopaCooper (talk) 21:21, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Not in Surrey

Streatham is not in Surrey! Surrey has a clearly defined boundary, it does not include Richmond, Morden, Streatham, or anywhere else that is part of Greater London as of 1965!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.46.198.185 (talk) 09:01, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Notable residents

User:Mark Bery please when adding to the list of residents do so in alphabetical order. Alternatively add their dates and sort by date of birth. With a long list, as is developing, sorting by date is easier to follow.SovalValtos (talk) 19:12, 27 March 2018 (UTC)