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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Denmark Hill like this:
DENMARK HILL, a chapelry in Lambeth and Camberwell parishes, Surrey; on the South London railway, ¾ of a mile S of Camberwell. It was constituted in 1848; and it has a post office‡ under Camberwell, London S, and a r. station. Pop., 5, 249. Houses, 895. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £700. Patrons, Trustees. The church was built by A. Gough; and there is a grammar-school.
Denmark Hill is now part of SOUTHWARK District. Click here for graphs and data of how SOUTHWARK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Denmark Hill itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Denmark Hill, in Southwark and Surrey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23500
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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