Peckham
Sign in to savePeckham ( ) is a district in south-east London, within the London Borough of Southwark. It is south-east of Charing Cross. The areas is home to about 29,300 residents.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.official_name
- Peckham
- UK place.london_borough
- Southwark
- UK place.static_image_name
- Cerise Road, Peckham - geograph.org.uk - 6238627.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- View from Cerise Road in Peckham with the City visible in the background, 2019
- UK place.population
- 29,300
- UK place.post_town
- LONDON
- UK place.postcode_area
- SE
- UK place.postcode_district
- SE15
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ345765
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Peckham
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Peckham ( ) is a district in south-east London, within the London Borough of Southwark. It is south-east of Charing Cross. The areas is home to about 29,300 residents.
==History== Peckham is a Saxon place name meaning the village of the River Peck, a small stream that ran through the district until it was enclosed in 1823. Archaeological evidence indicates earlier Roman occupation in the area, although the name of this settlement is lost. The Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (1991, 1998) gives the origin as from the Old English and meaning ‘homestead by a peak or hill’. The name of the river is a back-formation from the name of the village. Peckham Rye is from Old English , meaning 'stream'.