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Origin of Placenames in Peckham and Nunhead
Origin of Placenames in Peckham and Nunhead
Author: John D. Beasley
Dulwich means the meadow where dill growsA", while Peckham means village by a hill - probably Nunhead Hill. Nunhead is a local name with particularly gruesome origins. At first NoneheadA", Elizabethan England recorded this name after a Mother Superior was beheaded for opposing Henry VIII's pitiless sacking of the monasteries. Her severed head ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781848682245
ISBN-10: 1848682247
Publication Date: 5/30/2010
Pages: 160
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Publisher: Amberley Publishing
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