lambeth

noun

1. a borough of Greater London, England.

noun

1. a borough of S Greater London, on the Thames: contains Lambeth Palace (the London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury). Pop: 268 500 (2003 est). Area: 27 sq km (11 sq miles)
2. the Archbishop of Canterbury in his official capacity

used metonymically for “Church of England, Archbishop of Canterbury,” 1859, from the archbishop’s palace in Lambeth, a South London borough. The Lambeth Walk was a Cockney song and dance, popularized in Britain 1937 in the revue “Me and my Gal,” named for a street in the borough. The place name is Old English lambehyðe, “place where lambs are embarked or landed.”