BLACKHEATH, an open common in the south-east of Lon don, England, mainly in the metropolitan borough of Lewisham. This high-lying tract was crossed by the Roman Watling Street from Kent, on a line approximating to that of the modern Shooter's Hill; and was a rallying ground of Wat Tyler (1381), of Jack Cade (1450), and of Audley, leader of the Cornish rebels, defeated and captured here in 1497. The citizens of Lon don greeted Henry V. here on his return from Agincourt, and here the army of the Restoration met Charles II. The introduc tion into England of the game of golf is traditionally placed here in 1608, and attributed to King James I. and his Scottish followers. The common, the area of which is 267 acres, is used as a pleasure resort. For the residential district to which Black heath gives name, see LEWISHAM.