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Origin of Placenames in Peckham and Nunhead

Origin of Placenames in Peckham and Nunhead

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ISBN10: 1848682247
ISBN13: 9781848682245
Publisher: Amberley Pub
Published: May 15 2010
Pages: 160
Language: English
Dulwich means the meadow where dill growsA, while Peckham means village by a hill - probably Nunhead Hill. Nunhead is a local name with particularly gruesome origins. At first NoneheadA, Elizabethan England recorded this name after a Mother Superior was beheaded for opposing Henry VIII's pitiless sacking of the monasteries. Her severed head was placed on a pike for public view at Nunhead Green. King John was believed to have killed a stag while hunting in Peckham; hence the King John pub in Peckham High Street. Origin of Place Names in Peckham and Nunhead offers a fascinating and compelling insight into the names of Peckham and Nunhead's most famous streets and places. This is a must have book for anyone with an interest in local history.

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