An entire area of London could be ‘cancelled’ over its namesake’s links to slavery
Tulse Hill was named after 17th century merchant Sir Henry Tulse, who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1684 and whose family’s wealth was largely drawn from the slave trade.
A section of a "community listening exercise" questionnaire given to residents in the south London borough asks people whether they think the area should be renamed, whether it should have information displayed to explain its history or whether an education programme should be launched such as talks at local schools. The final option asked of residents is to simply do nothing.Sadiq Khan has offered £25,000 to local authorities to "decolonise" their street names.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has offered £25,000 to local authorities to "decolonise" their street names.that following the Black Lives Matter campaign in 2020 they have been working “to see if there are local locations with possible links to the trans-Atlantic slave trade and colonialism”. “Lambeth is a richly diverse borough, and the council has been a pioneer since the ‘80s for naming new places and new buildings to reflect local people," the spokesman said.
“This latest piece of work required no extra spending, and has taken Government legislation on the issue fully into account.”
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