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Peckham
Peckham ( ) is a district in south-east London, within the London Borough of Southwark. It is south-east of Charing Cross. At the 2001 Census the Peckham ward had a population of 14,720. 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 *''pēac'' and ''hām'' 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 ''rīth'', stream. Following the Norman Conquest, the manor of Peckham was granted to Odo of Bayeux and held by the Bishop of Lisieux. It was described as being a hamlet on the road from Camberwell to Greenwich. Peckham came within the newly created M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peckham (UK Parliament Constituency)
Peckham is a borough constituency in South London which returns one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections are held using the first-past-the-post voting system. It was created for the 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 general election and abolished for the 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 general election, when it was replaced by the new constituency of Camberwell and Peckham. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. It is composed primarily of the majority of the now abolished constituency of Camberwell and Peckham. History The constituency was, by the time of its abolition, a safe Labour seat. It was held for the last thirteen years of its existence by Harriet Harman, who went on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
