This 520 page book is packed with information, and is guaranteed to interest the reader for many months, not just for Christmas Avoid cheap photocopies that are difficult to read and have poor image quality FamLoc is the only publisher to properly republish local history books. First published in 1875 as "Ye Parish of Camerwell" (note the ancient spelling), History of the Parish of Camberwell includes Peckham, Nunhead, Dulwich, East Dulwich, part of Herne Hill, and of course Camberwell itself. This FamLoc edition has been amended slightly from the original. There has been the inevitable changes to format and structure, and the illustrations have been moved to coincide better with the text. Although some of the punctuation has been changed, particularly with respect to the many quotations, the prose has been faithfully retained, other than changes to a handful of typographical errors and the very few instances where clarity was required. The footnotes of the original have been incorporated into the new Notes chapter at the end of the book, the annotated text being underlined. History of the Parish of Camberwell vol I contains more than 500 pages, and has a wealth of interesting facts and info, including the origins of the names of streets and places, geology, parochial history, churches and chapels, population, influential individuals and families, schools, transport, charities, and much more. It will be of great interest to local historians, family historians, and others with connections to Camberwell and its surrounding area.