Camberwell


a former residential borough of Greater London, England, now part of Southwark.
Contemporary Examples

Sarah Waters: Queen of the Tortured Lesbian Romance Tim Teeman September 29, 2014

Historical Examples

The Doctor’s Wife M. E. Braddon
A Study In Scarlet Arthur Conan Doyle
Ainslee’s, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Various
Kent Knowles: Quahaug Joseph C. Lincoln
Woodland Tales Ernest Seton-Thompson
The Way of All Flesh Samuel Butler
500 of the Best Cockney War Stories Various
Utopia of Usurers and other Essays Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 Various

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