Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Camberwell

Camberwell, parl. bor. and par., Surrey, in S. of London -- par., 4450 ac., pop. 186,593; bor. (containing also Penge), 5220 ac., pop. 205,243. Camberwell returns 3 members to Parliament -- 3 divisions, viz., North, Peckham, and Dulwich, 1 member for each division; it was made a parl. bor. in 1885.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parliamentary borough and parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Camberwell Vest/AP/CP       Surrey AncC
Place: Camberwell

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