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Camberwell Collection

Background imageCamberwell Collection: London arms and seals

London arms and seals
The Arms and Common Seals of the Metropolitan Boroughs of London and of the City of London, with a block map showing their boundaries

Background imageCamberwell Collection: St Giles Hospital, Camberwell, London

St Giles Hospital, Camberwell, London
The administrative offices of Camberwell St Giles Hospital, formerly part of the Camberwell workhouse on Havil Street, now St Giles Road, south east London

Background imageCamberwell Collection: LCC-MFB Peckham fire station, Camberwell

LCC-MFB Peckham fire station, Camberwell
Built by the Metropolitan Board of Works (the forerunner of the London County Council) and opened in 1867, Peckham fire station was located in Peckham Road opposite Southampton Way SE5

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Infirmary - Havil Street, Camberwell

Infirmary - Havil Street, Camberwell
Its the circular ward block for the workhouse infirmary, designed in 1889 by architect R.P. Whellock, and opened the following year at Havil Street, Camberwell

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Camberwell Workhouse, East Dulwich, London

Camberwell Workhouse, East Dulwich, London
The administrative block of the Camberwell workhouse opened in 1895 on Constance Road, East Dulwich, south London. The building was designed by Thomas Aldwinckle

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Workhouse Infirmary, Havil Street, Camberwell, London

Workhouse Infirmary, Havil Street, Camberwell, London
The administrative offices of Camberwell St Giles poor law infirmary on Havil Street (now St Giles Road) in south east London

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Nautilus Swim Club 1

Nautilus Swim Club 1
Fixture card of the Nautilus Swimming Club, a London club based at Camberwell Baths in south-east London. (see two subsequent items for their 1891 river picnic)

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Marlborough Arms, Camberwell (New), London

Photograph of Marlborough Arms, Camberwell (New), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Background imageCamberwell Collection: The Second in Command, Metropole Theatre, Camberwell

The Second in Command, Metropole Theatre, Camberwell
The Second in Command, a military comedy by Robert Marshall, at the Metropole Theatre, Camberwell, SE London. Previously at the Haymarket Theatre, London. circa 1900

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Camberwell

Camberwell

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Camberwell Green, London

Camberwell Green, London. Date: 1904

Background imageCamberwell Collection: St Agnes Place, Camberwell, south east London

St Agnes Place, Camberwell, south east London
A terrace of houses in St Agnes Place, Camberwell, south east London, boarded up prior to demolition by Lambeth Council after the eviction of squatters, 19 January 1977

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Miss Francis of Yale, a three-act farce by Michael Morton, at the Theatre Metropole

Miss Francis of Yale, a three-act farce by Michael Morton, at the Theatre Metropole, Camberwell, London, E B Normans Company from The Globe Theatre, starring Ethel Hope and Stanley Cooke

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Margaret Parker, Farewell Entertainment, Surrey Masonic Hall, Camberwell, SE London

Margaret Parker, Farewell Entertainment, Surrey Masonic Hall, Camberwell, SE London, 18 December 1907, prior to departure to Australia

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Warrior PH, Camberwell, London

Photograph of Warrior PH, Camberwell, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1934

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Shakespeare PH, Camberwell, London

Photograph of Shakespeare PH, Camberwell, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Rose & Thistle PH, Camberwell, London

Photograph of Rose & Thistle PH, Camberwell, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Princess Charlotte PH, Camberwell, London

Photograph of Princess Charlotte PH, Camberwell, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Prince Of Wales PH, Camberwell (Old), London

Photograph of Prince Of Wales PH, Camberwell (Old), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Prince Of Wales PH, Camberwell (New), London

Photograph of Prince Of Wales PH, Camberwell (New), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Prince Alfred PH, Camberwell, London

Photograph of Prince Alfred PH, Camberwell, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Marlborough Arms, Camberwell (Old), London

Photograph of Marlborough Arms, Camberwell (Old), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Lord Clyde PH, Camberwell, London

Photograph of Lord Clyde PH, Camberwell, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1929

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Lion PH, Camberwell, London

Photograph of Lion PH, Camberwell, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Nothing for the Lion

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Lady Franklin PH, Camberwell, London

Photograph of Lady Franklin PH, Camberwell, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Hever Castle PH, Camberwell, London

Photograph of Hever Castle PH, Camberwell, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Gardeners Arms, Camberwell, London

Photograph of Gardeners Arms, Camberwell, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Fox on the Hill PH, Camberwell, London

Photograph of Fox on the Hill PH, Camberwell, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Duke Of Clarence PH, Camberwell (Old), London

Photograph of Duke Of Clarence PH, Camberwell (Old), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Duke Of Clarence PH, Camberwell (New), London

Photograph of Duke Of Clarence PH, Camberwell (New), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Denmark PH, Camberwell, London

Photograph of Denmark PH, Camberwell, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Coach & Horses PH, Camberwell, London

Photograph of Coach & Horses PH, Camberwell, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Clarendon Arms, Camberwell, London

Photograph of Clarendon Arms, Camberwell, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of British Lion PH, Camberwell, London

Photograph of British Lion PH, Camberwell, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: New pub right face on view

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Camberwell and Dulwich

Camberwell and Dulwich
Views of Camberwell and Dulwich - St Mary-le-Strand House, Old Kent Road; Goldsmiths House; Bews Corner Dulwich; Old Camberwell; Old Crown Inn Dulwich; Plough Inn, Lordship Lane. Date: 1875

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Grove Hill, Camberwell

Grove Hill, Camberwell
View of Dr Lettsoms house. John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815) was an English physician and philanthropist born on Little Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands into an early Quaker settlements

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Camberwell Green

Camberwell Green
Houses facing Camberwell Green in 1750. Date: 1875

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Camberwell Mill

Camberwell Mill
View of old Camberwell Mill. It was situated in the vicinity of the mill was a well known locality known as Bowyer Lane, now Wyndham Road. Date: 1875

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Bowyer House

Bowyer House
The Bowyer family, prominent in the annals of Camberwell, settled there in the time of Henry VIII. Bowyer House, built around the reign of Queen Elizabeth I

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Group of villas on Herne Hill, Camberwell, London, 1825

Group of villas on Herne Hill, Camberwell, London, 1825. Ornamental cottage, family home, picturesque house and two-story house with Sicilian roof

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Bunney Hall or Bunny Hall, Nottinghamshire, 1825

Bunney Hall or Bunny Hall, Nottinghamshire, 1825
Bunney Hall or Bunny Hall, Nottinghamshire, the residence of Lord Rancliffe, 1825. Renovated Elizabethan redbrick house with tower. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by F.W.L

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Camberwell beauty, peacock and red admiral butterflies

Camberwell beauty, peacock and red admiral butterflies
Camberwell beauty, Nymphalis antiopa, peacock butterfly, Aglais io, and red admiral, Vanessa atalanta. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 96

Curtis British Entomology Plate 96
Lepidoptera: Vanessa antiopa = Nymphalis antiopa (Camberwell Beauty) [Plant: Salix sp. (Salix forbyana, Basket Osier)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Ragged School Union dinner 1900

Ragged School Union dinner 1900
Interior of Ragged School Union in Camberwell, South London. Children sit at long tables eating soup from a bowl. Date: 1900

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Beresford Arms, Camberwell, London

Photograph of Beresford Arms, Camberwell, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Photograph of Artichoke PH, Camberwell, London

Photograph of Artichoke PH, Camberwell, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading record 1934

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan, WW1

Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan, WW1
Book Cover mounted on card - Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan (The Soldier Books). Design by 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389)

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Dr Lettsoms home - 2

Dr Lettsoms home - 2
DR LETTSOMs home at Camberwell Grove, Surrey, seen from the garden. Date: 1803

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Blitz in London -- a welcome tea break, WW2

Blitz in London -- a welcome tea break, WW2
London Auxiliary firefighters enjoy a welcome cup of tea from a grateful resident in Crawford Street, Camberwell, SE London

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Dr Lettsoms home - 1

Dr Lettsoms home - 1
DR LETTSOMs home at Camberwell Grove, Surrey. Date: 1803

Background imageCamberwell Collection: General Election Promo postcard for Sydney Hoffnung Goldsmid

General Election Promo postcard for Sydney Hoffnung Goldsmid
The reverse of a promo postcard from January 1910 General Election for Sydney Hoffnung Goldsmid, Conservative candidate for Camberwell North who failed to defeat the incumbent Thomas James Macnamara

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Dr Lettsoms House

Dr Lettsoms House
Garden view of the home of that celebrated medical practitioner, Dr Lettsom, at Camberwell (then in the county of Surrey) Date: late 18th century

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Rat catching on the home front during WWI

Rat catching on the home front during WWI
The Emancipation of Women - another sphere of industry. A member of a family of a resident in Camberwell who is the official rat-catcher to the London County Council

Background imageCamberwell Collection: WW1 - Recruitment Day - Lord Derbys Group System

WW1 - Recruitment Day - Lord Derbys Group System
WW1 - Recruits in batches at Camberwell, London as they volunteer to join the army under Lord Derbys group system. The volunteers in this recruitment office raise their arms as they make an oath to

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Pat O Keefe, WW1

Pat O Keefe, WW1
British boxer and Middle Weight boxing champion of England, Pat O Keefe (1183-1960) pictured after joining the 1st Surrey Rifles and assisting the training of troops at Camberwell in 1915. Date: 1915

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Boy and dog on a pavement, South London

Boy and dog on a pavement, South London
Boy and dog on a pavement, Coldharbour Lane, South London, outside O Hughes tailors shop. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageCamberwell Collection: The Kangaroo Marines by Captain R W Campbell, WW1

The Kangaroo Marines by Captain R W Campbell, WW1
Book Cover mounted on card - The Kangaroo Marines by Captain R W Campbell - Author of Private Spud Tamson (published by Cassell)

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Soldier writing, WW1

Soldier writing, WW1
Soldier writing, from the Sketch Book of 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389, Royal Berkshire Regiment)

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Soldier smoking pipe

Soldier smoking pipe - Bowler, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry. From the Sketch Book of 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389)

Background imageCamberwell Collection: General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, WW1

General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, WW1
Portrait of General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien with the British flag. By 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389, Royal Berkshire Regiment)

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Air raid over London seen from Trafalgar Square, WW1

Air raid over London seen from Trafalgar Square, WW1
Air-raid over London seen from Trafalgar Square. By 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389, Royal Berkshire Regiment)

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Camberwell Grove

Camberwell Grove
Fountain Cottage, in Camberwell Grove. Date: 1811

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Dr Lettsoms Home

Dr Lettsoms Home
South London : the home of Dr Lettsom, a famous - and consequently wealthy - doctor in the 18th century. Date: circa 1805

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Dr Lettsoms home - 3

Dr Lettsoms home - 3
DR LETTSOMs home at Camberwell Grove, Surrey, the Fountain Cottage in the grounds. Date: 1803

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Camberwell Workhouse inmates at Bognor Regis

Camberwell Workhouse inmates at Bognor Regis
A large party of inmates from the Camberwell workhouse in south east London eating their dinner during their annual outing to Bognor Regis, West Sussex

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Horse-drawn omnibus, London, 1945

Horse-drawn omnibus, London, 1945
Horse-drawn omnibus. Taken outside the Westminster Bank in the City. This is the Camberwell and Clapham service operated by The Star Omnibus Company

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Camberwell Beauty C1860

Camberwell Beauty C1860
CAMBERWELL BEAUTY

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Horse Bus Scrap

Horse Bus Scrap
This horse bus plies from Camberwell to Camden Town, passing Charing Cross and the Zoo : the advertisement for Ridges Food is written backwards to puzzle you

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Nautilus Swim Club 3

Nautilus Swim Club 3
Members of the Nautilus Swimming Club, based at Camberwell Baths in south-east London, pose in a meadow before settling down to their River Picnic

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Nautilus Swim Club 2

Nautilus Swim Club 2
Members of the Nautilus Swimming Club, based at Camberwell Baths in south-east London, pass through a lock on the Thames on their way to their River Picnic

Background imageCamberwell Collection: CAMBERWELL

CAMBERWELL
The village of Camberwell, viewed from the Grove and looking northeast - you can just see St Pauls in the distance

Background imageCamberwell Collection: Labour Exchange

Labour Exchange
LABOUR EXCHANGE at Camberwell Green, expectant claimants and busy officials



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