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Streatham is a district in south London, England. Centred 5 miles (8 km) south of Charing Cross, it lies mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, with some parts extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth.
Streatham High Road, looking north from the junction with Mitcham Lane
St Erkenwald, is recorded as granting land in the area to Chertsey Abbey
Streatham Green with the spire of the Catholic English Martyrs Church beyond.
Pratt's department store in summer 1978. The store closed down in 1990 and the building was demolished in 1996.
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, was a British Whig statesman and peer who served as the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1757 to 1761. A leading member of the Whig party during the Seven Years' War, he negotiated the 1763 Treaty of Paris which ended the conflict. Bedford was also an early promoter of cricket and a patron of the arts who commissioned numerous works from prominent artists, most notably Canaletto.
Bedford was a patron of Canaletto and commissioned a number of works from him including this view of Venice.
Bedford by Joshua Reynolds during the Seven Years' War.