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Why is it called Tooting Bec?

Northern

Where the name comes from

Tooting Bec was a manor held by the Abbey of Bec in Normandy, which added "Bec" to the name. Tooting is Anglo-Saxon but disputed: perhaps "the people of Tota", or from an old sense of "tout", to look out. The station was originally called Trinity Road (Tooting Bec) and took its present name in 1950.

Where it is

BalhamTooting BecTooting Broadway

See Tooting Bec on the interactive map, 1863 to today

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At a glance

Opened
1926
Status
Open
Line
Northern
Fare zone
3
Local authority
Wandsworth
Earlier names
Trinity Road (Tooting Bec): 1926–1950

Sources

Station list and dates: Wikipedia’s lists of London Underground stations, citing Douglas Rose and Cyril Harris. Line routes Powered by TfL Open Data.

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