place name Grove Hill House, after which this street is named, was an 18thCentury mansion built by the Quaker physician…
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Place Name A well-established route, this appears on John Rocque’s 1741 map of Camberwell as Dog Kennel Lane between Camberwell…
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PLACE NAME General Charles George Gordon (January 28, 1833 – January 26, 1885), an adventurer killed in Sudan. This street…
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Place Name Grace Alice Purkis (born 1862) was the daughter of Essex-born builder Samuel Purkis who one year after his daughter’s…
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Place Name In about the mid-18thCentury, having made his fortune in nearby New Cross, wealthy market gardener Robert Edmunds purchased…
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Place name Like Denmark Hill this is likely named after Prince George of Denmark (April 2, 1653 – October 28, 1708),…
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Place Name Believed to be the spot where Queen Anne’s consort, Prince George of Denmark (April 2, 1653 – October 28,…
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PLACE NAME A reference to Coldharbour Lane, a well-established route in the area which was renamed in 1874 after the…
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Place Name A well-established route, appearing as Camberwel Lane on John Rocque’s 1741 map of the area, it was renamed…
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place name William Chadwick (January 1, 1797 – December 8, 1852) was a speculative builder and a railway engineer who…
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