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CAMBERWELL , a See also:southern See also:metropolitan See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of See also:London, See also:England, bounded N. by See also:Southwark and See also:Bermondsey, E. by See also:Deptford and See also:Lewisham, W. by See also:Lambeth, and extending S. to the boundary of the See also:county of London. Pop. (1901) 259,339• See also:Area, 4480 acres. It appears in Domesday, but the derivation of the name is unknown. It includes the districts of See also:Peckham and Nunhead, and See also:Dulwich (q.v.) with its See also:park, picture-See also:gallery and See also:schools. Camberwell is mainly residential, and there are many See also:good houses, pleasantly situated in Dulwich and See also:south-See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward towards the high ground of See also:Sydenham. Dulwich Park (72 acres) and Peckham See also:Rye See also:Common and Park (113 acres) are the largest of several public grounds, and Camberwell See also:Green was once celebrated for its fairs. Immediately outside the southern boundary lies a well-known See also:place of recreation, the Crystal See also:Palace. Among institutions may be mentioned the Camberwell school of arts and crafts, Peckham Road. In Camberwell Road is See also:Cambridge See also:House, a university See also:settlement,founded in 1897 and incorporating the earlier Trinity settlement. The See also:parliamentary borough of Camberwell has three divisions, See also:North, Peckham and Dulwich, each returning one member; but is not wholly coincident with the municipal borough, the Dulwich See also:division extending to include Penge, outside the county of London. The borough See also:council consists of a See also:mayor, ten aldermen, and sixty councillors.
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