Peckham

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.

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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Population: 19500
Image: Peckham landscape.jpg

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Commons category: Peckham
OS grid reference: TQ345765
postal code: SE15

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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'.