Editing Camberwell (section)

====The parish of Camberwell====
''Camberwell St Giles'' is the name given to an ancient, and later civil, parish in the [[Brixton (hundred)|Brixton]] hundred of [[Surrey]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Camberwell St Giles Surrey Family History Guide |url=https://www.parishmouse.co.uk/surrey/camberwell-st-giles-surrey-family-history-guide/ |website=Parishmouse Surrey |access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref><ref name=vision_parish>Vision of Britain – [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10128742&c_id=10001043 Camberwell parish] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010063334/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10128742&c_id=10001043 |date=10 October 2010 }} ([http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10128742&c_id=10001043 historic map]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }})</ref> The parish covered {{convert|4570|acre|ha|abbr=off}} in 1831 and was divided into the liberty of [[Peckham]] to the east and the hamlet of [[Dulwich]] to the southwest, as well as Camberwell proper. The parish tapered in the south to form a point in what is now known as the [[Crystal Palace, London|Crystal Palace]] area.<ref name=vision_parish/> In 1801, the population was 7,059 and by 1851 this had risen to 54,667.<ref>Vision of Britain – [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_theme_page.jsp?u_id=10128742&c_id=10001043&data_theme=T_POP Camberwell population]</ref> In 1829, it was included in the [[Metropolitan Police District]] and in 1855 it was included in the area of responsibility of the [[Metropolitan Board of Works]], with Camberwell Vestry nominating one member to the board. In 1889 the board was replaced by the [[London County Council]] and Camberwell was removed administratively from Surrey to form part of the [[County of London]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kirby |first1=Alison |title=History of Brunswick Park – Declared "one of the prettiest open spaces in south London" |year=2018|journal=Camberwell Quarterly|issue=196|page=9|url=http://www.camberwellsociety.org.uk/rw_common/plugins/stacks/armadillo/media/CQ196_2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730004026/https://www.camberwellsociety.org.uk/rw_common/plugins/stacks/armadillo/media/CQ196_2.pdf |archive-date=30 July 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=18 January 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Camberwell Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg|thumb|A map showing the wards of [[Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell]] as they appeared in 1916, This includes [[Dulwich]], [[Peckham]], etc.]]