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9 unusual facts about Camberwell


Addington Square

Addington Square is a Georgian and Regency garden square in Camberwell in the London Borough of Southwark.

Bottle

In 1872, British soft drink maker Hiram Codd of Camberwell, London, designed and patented a bottle designed specifically for carbonated drinks.

Camberwell Girls Grammar School

Classes for the first seven students began at St. Mark's Parish Hall, Camberwell.

Camellia japonica 'The Czar'

The plant was thought to have originated from a seedling selected by landscape gardener Neil Breslin of Camberwell, Victoria.

Chris Sulley

Christopher Stephen "Chris" Sulley (born 3 December 1959 in Camberwell) is an English footballer who played as a left back.

Lorenz cipher

Its interception was originally concentrated at the Foreign Office Y Station operated by the Metropolitan Police at Denmark Hill in Camberwell, London.

Matilda Ellen Bishop

Matilda Ellen Bishop (12 April 1842, Tichborne, HampshireCamberwell, London, 1 July 1913) was the first Principal of Royal Holloway College, University of London.

Rennell and Bellona Province

The first known European to sight the islands was Mathew Boyd of Camberwell, London, Commander of the merchant ship, Bellona, in 1793.

William Thomas Buckland

While he was at school in Camberwell, in 1812, his father died, leaving six children, of whom he was the youngest.


Alamein railway line

The line is operated as a shuttle service between Camberwell and Alamein stations during off-peak periods, while trains run the whole distance to Flinders Street Station during peak hours.

Through trains to Flinders Street off-peak were provided from 20 January 1975 at a frequency of every 15 minutes Monday to Friday, with Box Hill trains running express from Camberwell.

Alfreda Benge

Benge studied painting at Camberwell Art School, Graphics at the London School of Printing, Film at the RCA, worked in film, and served as an assistant to the editor of Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now (1973).

Arthur Bateman

Arthur Leonard Bateman (1879–1957), British Member of Parliament for Camberwell North, 1931–1935

Bakerloo line

The three stations are located at Old Kent Road close to Burgess Park, at Peckham Road close to Camberwell and Peckham High Street, and at Peckham Rye Park close to Straker's Road.

Blackburn railway station, Melbourne

In 1882, the railway from Melbourne to Camberwell was extended to Lilydale, to form the Lilydale railway line.

Box Hill railway station, Melbourne

The original station opened in 1882 at ground level, when the railway line was extended from Camberwell to Lilydale.

Camberwell Cemeteries

The site was purchased in 1855 by the Camberwell Cemetery Board (formed 1850) from the Trustees of Sir Walter St John's Charity

Champion de Crespigny baronets

The Champion de Crespigny Baronetcy, of Champion Lodge, Camberwell, in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

Dorothy Pilley Richards

Dorothy Pilley Richards (16 September 1894 in Camberwell, London – 24 September 1986 in Cambridge) was a prominent female mountaineer.

Glen Iris, Victoria

A number of government and independent schools are located in Glen Iris, including Camberwell South Primary School, Glen Iris Primary School, St Cecilia's Primary School, St Roch's Catholic Primary School, Sacré Cœur School, Korowa Anglican Girls' School and Caulfield Grammar School Malvern campus.

High Wood

The stench of rotting corpses in the wood was overwhelming in summer and it inspired E.A. MacKintosh to pen a parody of Chalk Farm to Camberwell Green.

Lewis Leigh Fermor

He was educated at Wilson's Grammar School in Camberwell and studied metallurgy at the Royal School of Mines, with scholarships at each, and winning the Murchison medal for geology at the latter.

London Government Act 1899

It allowed an Order in Council to either incorporate the township into either of the metropolitan boroughs of Lewisham or Camberwell, or to form it into an urban district in one or other of the counties of Surrey or Kent.

Tilly Devine

At 16 she married an Australian serviceman, James (Jim) Edward Devine, (born Brunswick, Victoria, 1892, died Melbourne, 1966), on 12 April 1917 at the Sacred Heart Church, Camberwell, London.

VicRoads

The main VicRoads administration facility is located in the Melbourne suburb of Kew, on the site of the former Kew Railway Station, with other Melbourne offices in Hawthorn, Burwood, Sunshine and Camberwell.

Victorian Spirit

Their official home ground is the Melbourne Cricket Ground, however they also play home games at Casey Fields, Camberwell Sports Ground and Junction Oval.


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