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2 unusual facts about Tooting Bec


Tooting Bec

It is named after Bec Abbey in Normandy, which was given land in this area (then part of the Streatham parish) after the Norman Conquest.

The Finnish band Hanoi Rocks wrote the song "Tooting Bec Wreck" about their experiences living there in the early 1980s.



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Tooting Commons

Tooting Bec Common — the northern and eastern part of the commons — was within the historic parish of Streatham, and takes its name from the area's links to Bec Abbey at Le Bec-Hellouin in Normandy.

Tooting Priory

Tooting Priory or Tooting Bec Priory was a priory in Tooting, now in the London Borough of Wandsworth.