Origin of Placenames in Peckham and Nunhead
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- ISBN 9781848682245
- Weight: 387g
- Dimensions: 165 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 May 2010
- Publisher: Amberley Publishing
- Publication City/Country: Chalford, GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Dulwich means the meadow where dill grows, while Peckham means village by a hill - probably Nunhead Hill. Nunhead is a local name with particularly gruesome origins. At first Nonehead, 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.
John D. Beasley, a well-known local historian, has written a number of books on the London Borough of Southwark and has contributed over 150 local history articles to the South London Press. John has been a member of the Peckham Methodist Church since 1969 and is a Methodist Local Preacher and a Sunday School Leader. He lives in South East London.
