Category: Camberwell

Camberwell Public Baths

Camberwell Public Baths opened in 1892 and has been in continuous operation as community baths and more recently as a public leisure centre.

Camberwell New Road, SE5

Camberwell New Road is part of the A202. It goes from Camberwell to Kennington Oval. It was a turnpike road authorised by Act of Parliament in 1818, just after the construction in 1816 of the first Vauxhall Bridge, which it leads to, thus providing a second route from Camberwell to central London. Camberwell New Road …

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London – South of the Thames : Chapter VIII

Chapter VII London – South of the Thames by Sir Walter Besantt Chapter IX This is a digitised copy of the book “London – South of the Thames” by Sir Walter Besant Published in London by Adam & Charles Black (1912) This is in its raw form. Sections will be improved manually on this blog as …

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