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Etymology
The name is first recorded in 1680 and is believed to be taken from a local inn named The Nuns Head. It is rumoured that this name refers the beheading of a nun during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. However, there is no evidence to support this claim.6
History
Nunhead formed part of the large ancient parish of Camberwell in the Brixton hundred of Surrey.78 It has not formed an independent unit of civil administration, however as population grew a separate St Antholin, Nunhead ecclesiastical parish was created in 1878, with a church built in 1877.7 The area came within the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1855 and was transferred to the County of London in 1889. Having formed part of the Camberwell parish, it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell in 1900.7 In 1887 Nunhead is recorded as having a population of 10,727.9 There was a Nunhead Football Club from 1888 to 1949.
Regeneration
Nunhead forms part of Southwark London Borough Council's Peckham Programme regeneration scheme.10 As part of this plan, the area forms part of the East Peckham and Nunhead renewal area.11 A component of this regeneration is the proposal that the Cross River Tram could serve the area.12
Transport
Gibbon Road is the location of Nunhead railway station. The station is located on the line from Blackfriars to Sevenoaks and Victoria to Dartford. Train services are provided by Southeastern.13 The area is also served by a variety of London Buses services.14 As part of the urban sprawl of London, Nunhead is contiguous with the neighbourhoods of Brockley to the east, Honor Oak to the south, East Dulwich to the south west, Peckham to the north west and New Cross to the north east.
Politics
Nunhead forms part of the Camberwell and Peckham Westminster constituency, with a ward in that constituency named Nunhead. The current MP is Harriet Harman. Some local policy elements are devised through consultation between Southwark Council and the Nunhead and Peckham Rye Community Council.1 Nunhead forms part of the Lambeth and Southwark London Assembly constituency and the London European Parliament constituency.
References
- ^ a b Southwark Council - Nunhead and Peckham Rye Community Council
- ^ BBC London - Nunhead Cemetery
- ^ The Independent, Hot Spot: Nunhead: Back from the dead. 3 October 1998.
- ^ The Economist - On the Tiger trail: Friday. 8 February 2008.
- ^ Peckham and Dulwich, Old and New London: Volume 6 (1878), pp. 286-303
- ^ Mills, A., Dictionary of London Place Names, (2001), Oxford
- ^ a b c 'Parishes: Camberwell', A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4 (1912), pp. 24-36. Date accessed: 03 July 2008.
- ^ Vision of Britain - Camberwell (historic map). Retrieved on 2008-07-05.
- ^ John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887) - Nunhead
- ^ Southwark Council - Peckham Programme
- ^ Southwark Council - East Peckham and Nunhead
- ^ Transport for London - Cross River Tram: Route options 2006
- ^ Southeastern - Station facilities: Nunhead
- ^ Transport for London - Buses from Nunhead
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