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Peckham is a former village that is now a metropolitan district in Surrey, forming a southern suburb of London. Peckham was a hamlet of the parish of Camberwell, situated about a mile to Camberwell’s east on the road to Hatcham (New Cross). Until the early 19th century it was largely a rural area with a number of large houses occupied by the gentry. In the first half of the 19th century Peckham developed as a middle-class suburb, with impressive villas and terraces in the north of the area near the Old Kent Road and also large houses in the south near Peckham Rye, the area’s common. A second phase of development was sparked by the coming of public transport: railways and, more important, horse trams in the 1850s. More modest housing filled almost any open space. Rye Lane evolved into a major shopping street. Peckham suffered badly in the Blitz. North Peckham was heavily redeveloped in the 1960s. For local government purposes, Peckham became part of Camberwell metropolitan borough from 1900-1965. Peckham Rye is the location where William Blake had a vision of "a tree filled with angels." The district is within the council area of Southwark.

Place Type: Urban locality
Historic County: Surrey
Lat, Long: 51.473534,-0.069642
Grid Reference: TQ 3416 7671
Council Area: Southwark CA
Strategic Authority Area: Greater London SA
Police Area: Metropolitan PA

GBPN ID: 34933
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Peckham,_Surrey_34933

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