This famous portrait drawing is of Rubens’ first wife, ...
There's only one thing more fabulous than Hilary Pr...
For centuries people have been committing or attempting...
In 1969 The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) were amalgam...
The Congregation of the Oratory was founded in Rome by ...
"1970s watches are very popular right now, whereas...
After the opening in 1836 of London Bridge station, the...
The benefaction by which Thomas Guy founded the well-kn...
Tooting Beс. Tooting was recorded as Totinge in 675 and Totinge in the Domesday Book. From с. 1082 it comprised two manors - that of Upper Tooting and Tooting Bec, held in 1086 by the Abbey of St Mary of Beс in Normandy and Tooting Beс is so named. Tooting is derived from a personal name of the Saxon Tota and the Old English place name word ending ing, literally 'the people who lived at' - Tooting, therefore means - 'the home of Tota's people'. It is suggested that it should be also interpreted as 'people of the look-out place' but this is doubtful as there is no hill in Tooting.
The station was opened as TRINITY ROAD on 13 September 1926; re-named TOOTING ВЕС 1 October 1950.
Tooting Broadway before the arrival of the Tube.