Peckham is a district in south-east London, within the London Borough of Southwark. It is 3.5 miles south-east of Charing Cross. At the 2001 Census the Peckham ward had a population of 14,720. "Peckham" is a Saxon place name meaning the village of the River Peck, a small stream that ran through the district until it was enclosed in 1823. Archaeologi…Peckham is a district in south-east London, within the London Borough of Southwark. It is 3.5 miles south-east of Charing Cross. At the 2001 Census the Peckham ward had a population of 14,720. "Peckham" is a Saxon place name meaning the village of the River Peck, a small stream that ran through the district until it was enclosed in 1823. Archaeological evidence indicates earlier Roman occupation in the area, although the name of this settlement is lost. The Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names gives the origin as from the Old English *pēac and hām meaning ‘homestead by a peak or hill’. The name of the river is a back-formation from the name of the village. Peckham Rye is from Old English rīth, stream.
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