 Tooting Bec Common and Tooting Graveney Common are the remains of common land that once stretched as far as Mitcham.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.At various points in history this common has been called Streatham Common, which causes some confusion with the open space a mile to the east of that name.