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Burgess Park Road info
Addington Square

Brunswick Square

Camberwell Road 

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Borders are roads north of Camberwell Church Street and east of Camberwell Road to Southampton Way. The area was developed following the opening of the Grand Surrey Canal in 1811 plus the later railways. 1862 map shows projected railway - NB not final route. Burgess Park itself was developed in stages after WW2.

Developed by the old Surrey Canal (filled in in 1971)
Probably named after Henry Addington who was prime minister

Brunswick Square was developed in the 1850s and known as Brunswick Park (it has its own garden). It was renamed Brunswick Square in 1937.

Laid out in 1818 after the opening of Vauxhall Bridge and developed in c. 1820s with urban terraces and villas. Nos 62-84 (64-76 are 1825) No 189 Clifton Cottage (1823)


       

Cobourg Road

Havil Street

Wells Way

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1820s development of brick semidetached houses. Road finished by 1870s. Name refers to the house of Saxe-Cobourg. In the 1800s members of the British royal family inter-married house of Saxe-Cobourg. and Prince Albert of Saxe-Cobourg married Victoria in 1840.

Havil House once stood where Southwark Town Hall now stands. The road was originally known as Workhouse Lane after the Camberwell Workhouse situated on it.

Through road that cuts across Burgess Park. Heavily developed but has a good C19 terrace. Named after James Wells who built St George’s Church on Wells Way in 1824.(now flats).He lived in Camberwell from 1803 to 1853. Key Properties: Nos 97-111

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29 Denmark Hill
Camberwell
SE5 8RS
020 7708 2002
Hunters was established in 1992 and the Camberwell branch opened in 2012
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