CAMBERWELL, a southern metropolitan borough of Lon don, England, bounded north by Southwark and Bermondsey, east by Deptford and Lewisham, west by Lambeth and extending south to the boundary of the county of London. Pop. (1931) Area, 4,48o acres. It appears in Domesday, but the derivation of the name is unknown. It includes the districts of Peckham and Nunhead, and Dulwich (q.v.) with its park, pic ture-gallery and schools. Camberwell is mainly residential, and there are many good houses in Dulwich and southward towards the high ground of Sydenham. Dulwich Park (72 acres) and Peckham Rye Common and Park (113 acres) are the largest of several public grounds, and Camberwell Green was once celebrated for its fairs. The parliamentary borough of Camber well has four divisions, North, North-West, Peckham and Dul wich, each returning one member.