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'Bec' (beck, meaning 'stream' in English) was added after [[Bec Abbey]] in Normandy ('Bec' being the name of the river there). They were given land in the area by the Normans. [[Anselm of Canterbury|Saint Anselm]], the second Abbot of Bec, is reputed to have been a visitor to Tooting Bec before he succeeded [[Lanfranc]] as [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. Saint Anselm also gives his name to the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] church at the corner of Balham High Road and Tooting Bec Road. A relief sculpture of Saint Anselm visiting the Totinges tribe (from which [[Tooting]] gets its name) is on the exterior of [[Wandsworth Town Hall]]. | 'Bec' (beck, meaning 'stream' in English) was added after [[Bec Abbey]] in Normandy ('Bec' being the name of the river there). They were given land in the area by the Normans. [[Anselm of Canterbury|Saint Anselm]], the second Abbot of Bec, is reputed to have been a visitor to Tooting Bec before he succeeded [[Lanfranc]] as [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. Saint Anselm also gives his name to the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] church at the corner of Balham High Road and Tooting Bec Road. A relief sculpture of Saint Anselm visiting the Totinges tribe (from which [[Tooting]] gets its name) is on the exterior of [[Wandsworth Town Hall]]. | ||
Tooting Bec is on [[Stane Street (Chichester)|Stane Street]], a [[Roman Road]] which linked London with [[Chichester]] to the southwest. | Tooting Bec is on [[Stane Street (Chichester)|Stane Street]], a [[Roman roads|Roman Road]] which linked London with [[Chichester]] to the southwest. | ||
The area includes [[Tooting Commons]], and [[Tooting Bec Lido]], one of the oldest open-air fresh water swimming pools in Britain, first opened to the public in 1906, and also the largest freshwater swimming pool by surface area in the United Kingdom, being 100 yards (91.44 m) long and 33 yards (30.18 m) wide.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2009/sep/17/swimming-pool-architecture-margaret-howell?picture=353071239 ''The Guardian'': Making a splash - A celebration of swimming pool architecture]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.slsc.org.uk/history/ |title=South London Swimming Club |access-date=31 July 2018 |archive-date=23 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523154527/https://www.slsc.org.uk/history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/Home/LeisureandTourism/Sports/Facilities/tootinglido.htm |title=Wandsworth Council |access-date=31 July 2018 |archive-date=28 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928063545/http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/Home/LeisureandTourism/Sports/Facilities/tootinglido.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> | The area includes [[Tooting Commons]], and [[Tooting Bec Lido]], one of the oldest open-air fresh water swimming pools in Britain, first opened to the public in 1906, and also the largest freshwater swimming pool by surface area in the United Kingdom, being 100 yards (91.44 m) long and 33 yards (30.18 m) wide.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2009/sep/17/swimming-pool-architecture-margaret-howell?picture=353071239 ''The Guardian'': Making a splash - A celebration of swimming pool architecture]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.slsc.org.uk/history/ |title=South London Swimming Club |access-date=31 July 2018 |archive-date=23 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523154527/https://www.slsc.org.uk/history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/Home/LeisureandTourism/Sports/Facilities/tootinglido.htm |title=Wandsworth Council |access-date=31 July 2018 |archive-date=28 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928063545/http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/Home/LeisureandTourism/Sports/Facilities/tootinglido.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK place Tooting Bec is in the London Borough of Wandsworth, south London, England.
History
Tooting Bec appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as "Totinges". It was held partly by St Mary de Bec-Hellouin Abbey and partly by Westminster Abbey. Its domesday assets were: 5 hides. It had 5½ ploughs, Template:Convert. It rendered £7.[1]
'Bec' (beck, meaning 'stream' in English) was added after Bec Abbey in Normandy ('Bec' being the name of the river there). They were given land in the area by the Normans. Saint Anselm, the second Abbot of Bec, is reputed to have been a visitor to Tooting Bec before he succeeded Lanfranc as Archbishop of Canterbury. Saint Anselm also gives his name to the Roman Catholic church at the corner of Balham High Road and Tooting Bec Road. A relief sculpture of Saint Anselm visiting the Totinges tribe (from which Tooting gets its name) is on the exterior of Wandsworth Town Hall.
Tooting Bec is on Stane Street, a Roman Road which linked London with Chichester to the southwest.
The area includes Tooting Commons, and Tooting Bec Lido, one of the oldest open-air fresh water swimming pools in Britain, first opened to the public in 1906, and also the largest freshwater swimming pool by surface area in the United Kingdom, being 100 yards (91.44 m) long and 33 yards (30.18 m) wide.[2][3][4]
Tooting Bec Golf Club was founded in 1888. The club disappeared in the late 1920s.[5]
The Finnish band Hanoi Rocks wrote the song "Tooting Bec Wreck" about their experiences living there in the early 1980s.
Nearest places
Nearest tube station
Football Club
References
- ↑ Surrey Domesday Book Template:Webarchive
- ↑ The Guardian: Making a splash - A celebration of swimming pool architecture
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- ↑ "Tooting Bec Golf Club, London", "Golf’s Missing Links".
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