Peckham
Peckham is a district in southeast London. It is part of the London Borough of Southwark. Peckham was previously part of Camberwell. About 15.000 people live in Peckham.
"Peckham" is a Saxon place name. It means the village of the River Peck. This is a small stream which ran openly through the district, but was closed over in 1823. Archaeological evidence indicates earlier Roman occupation in the area, although the name of this settlement is lost.
Peckham appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Pecheham. It was held by the Bishop of Lisieux from Odo of Bayeux.
Peckham has a large ethnically diverse public housing estate. It a "deprived area".[1][2][3]
Peckham Media
Peckham Rye railway station entrance off Rye Lane
203 to 213 Queen's Road, Peckham
Manze's Eel and Pie House, Peckham.
A map showing the Peckham wards of Camberwell Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.
London Borough of Southwark Blue Plaque awarded to famous motorbike designer Edward Turner unveiled in 2009 at his former residence, 8 Philip Walk, Peckham. Turner had run a motorbike shop, Chepstow Motors on Peckham High Street.
The award-winning Peckham Library (October 2005).
Rye Lane, Peckham's main shopping area shown where it runs perpendicular to Peckham Rye railway station.
Peckham bus garage This garage is currently operated by London Central and is situated in Blackpool Road. It opened in 1994 and replaced a similar but larger facility in Peckham High Street on part of whose site the present bus station now stands. The viaduct in the background carries the railway east of Peckham Rye station.
References
- ↑ "Changing face of Damilola estate". BBC News. 25 April 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1841755.stm. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ↑ King, Lorraine. "The inside story of gang life in Peckham", The Guardian, 11 February 2007. Accessed 9 August 2011.
- ↑ "London riots: 'Everyone was very fired up'", BBC News, 9 August 2011. Accessed 9 August 2011.