The Camber Well
Believed by locals of the area to offer a portal to the past while having the ability to cast into the future & fortune of those who offered it a coin, it's waters were also said to contain healing properties and so the Camber Well attracted all manner of people and creatures to drink and bath from it.
Some believe that it was also the home of the Mythological Mermaid, a mermaid who was captured and put on show at the annual Camberwell Fair during the 1800s. Her eventual escape from the fair was around the time that the well was covered over and lost to all and so some say she is still hidden under ground within it.
It is suggested that her escape was made possible due to the help of her friend and fellow sideshow attraction Lucy Wanmer, otherwise known as The Little Woman of Peckham, and whose grave now lies in the churchyard of St Giles on Camberwell Church Street.
