The parish was included in the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1855 and became part of the County of London in 1889.

They were the Liberty of Peckham to the east, the Hamlet of Dulwich to the southwest and the central division of Camberwell proper.

It included a long protrusion in the west, surrounded by Lambeth, as far as what is now Myatt's Fields Park.

In 1900 the Camberwell/Lambeth boundary was tidied up with an exchange of population (approximately 6,000 each way) which had the effect of transferring Myatt's Fields Park to Lambeth.

The third quarter represented Peckham: the lion was from the arms of Robert, Earl of Gloucester, one time lord of the manor.

The crest depicted a wounded hart, symbol of St Giles, patron saint of Camberwell.