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KidKruger Wrote:

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> Well? Peckham was a village - it?s in the name !



Peckham was a Hamlet of the parish of Camberwell, situated about a mile to Camberwell?s east on the road to New Cross.


The name means ?the place of the river Peck?, a small steam that runs through the district.


Peckham has never been an administrative district, or a single ecclesiastical parish in its own right; nevertheless, today it has a strong sense of local identity.


This may well be why Peckham was never classed as a Village


This has its roots in its 19th century development from fields to suburbs, and crucially the development of Rye Lane as one of the most important shopping streets in south London.


Foxy

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DulwichFox Wrote:

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> KidKruger Wrote:

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> > Well? Peckham was a village - it?s in the name

> !

>

>

> Peckham was a Hamlet of the parish of Camberwell,

> situated about a mile to Camberwell?s east on the

> road to New Cross.

>

> The name means ?the place of the river Peck?, a

> small steam that runs through the district.

>

> Peckham has never been an administrative district,

> or a single ecclesiastical parish in its own

> right; nevertheless, today it has a strong sense

> of local identity.

>

> This may well be why Peckham was never classed as

> a Village

>

> This has its roots in its 19th century development

> from fields to suburbs, and crucially the

> development of Rye Lane as one of the most

> important shopping streets in south London.

>

> Foxy


Peckham - situated between Rotherhithe in the north and Forest Hill in the south - was mentioned in the Domesday Book (1087) where it is called 'Pecheha'. The name is probably Anglo Saxon, meaning 'village among the hills'. The old English word for hill being 'peac' and 'ham' meaning village.

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well some one thinks ist a village have a look


https://www.garethjames.com/Nunhead%20Village%20And%20Brockley



Our branch is located in a prime corner location right in the heart of Nunhead Village and surrounded by well know shops such as Ayres bakery and Sopers fish monger.

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In the village where I grew up there were and still are:

- three pubs

- a large Maypole and dancing green

- a post office

- a village shop

- cricket and football pitch

- a church and Chapel

- rectory

- primary school

- no train station


Nunhead is fairly similar in what's offered, but it's not a village and should never be called one. London estate agents who call parts of their trading areas "villages" should get out of the capital more often. Nunhead is more like a subdistrict of the broader Peckham area, and it isn't a village.

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SpringTime Wrote:

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> In the village where I grew up there were and

> still are:

> - three pubs

> - a large Maypole and dancing green

> - a post office

> - a village shop

> - cricket and football pitch

> - a church and Chapel

> - rectory

> - primary school

> - no train station

>

> Nunhead is fairly similar in what's offered, but

> it's not a village and should never be called one.

> London estate agents who call parts of their

> trading areas "villages" should get out of the

> capital more often. Nunhead is more like a

> subdistrict of the broader Peckham area, and it

> isn't a village.


more like a village as you say but no one knows ???? i just want to know

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The yuppies will believe anywhere is a village if the local EA gives them the BS lowdown. Since the posh wannabes ?rediscovered? the ED/Peckham borders, it?s suddenly been referred to as ?bell-end village?. Organic Croissant munchers will turn anywhere into a village. It makes them feel cosy and community spirited.


Louisa.

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Nunhead is not a village (but estate agents might label it so, because they are silly)

Bellenden Road is not a village (but see above about estate agents)

Nunhead is not in Peckham, but it is very nearby!

Croissants are not fancy - unless you've time-travelled back to WW2.

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ken78 Wrote:

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> is nunhead in peckham does anyone know or is it a

> village ?? some say it's in peckham some say it's

> now nunhead village any one know



Presumably you have posted this because you have seen the very very long discussion aka argument on Facebook about it?


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