Dulwich Places
Before 1850 Dulwich was a small village when the coming of the railways and the expansion of London brought great change. To start with, large villas were built in the 1860s at Dulwich’s southern end, the residents sending their children to the newly rebuilt Dulwich College. The population more than doubled from about 1,700 in 1861 to 4,000 ten years later and by 1920, Dulwich was transformed from a rural hamlet to a London suburb, with a population of around 12,000. Between the wars there was little building but after WW2 housing demand led to the building of council estates and more private housing. You can explore the history of how places were named by choosing from the following articles:
- Abbotswood Road, SE22
- Acacia Grove, SE21
- Acre Drive, SE22
- Adys Road, SE15
- Albrighton Road, SE22
- Alleyn Crescent, SE21
- Alleyn Park, SE21
- Alleyn Road, SE21
- Allison Grove, SE21
- Archdale Road, SE22
- Ardbeg Road, SE24
- Arnhem Way, SE22
- Arnould Avenue, SE5
- Ashbourne Grove, SE22
- Attleborough Court, SE21
- Aysgarth Road, SE21
- Baird Gardens, SE21
- Balchier Road, SE22
- Barclay Way, SE22
- Barker Way, SE22
- Barry Road, SE22
- Basingdon Way, SE5
- Bassano Street, SE22
- Bawdale Road, SE22
- Beauval Road, SE22
- Beechwood Court, SE19
- Bell Meadow, SE19
- Belvoir Road, SE22
- Besant Place, SE22
- Bew Court, SE22
- Blackwater Street, SE22
- Blanchedowne, SE5
- Bowen Drive, SE21
- Bowley Close, SE19
- Bowley Lane, SE19
- Boxall Road, SE21
- Breakspeare, SE21
- Bromleigh Court, SE21
- Burbage Road, SE21
- Burial Ground, SE21
- Burntwood View, SE19
- Burrow Road, SE22
- Buxted Road, SE22
- Byron Court, SE22
- Calton Avenue, SE21
- Campbell Court, SE22
- Carver Road, SE24
- Casino Avenue, SE24
- Cedar Close, SE21
- Champion Hill, SE5
- Chesterfied Grove, SE22
- Church Approach, SE21
- Cleve Hall Estate, SE5
- Cokers Lane, SE21
- Colby Mews, SE19
- Colby Road, SE19
- College Gardens, SE21
- College Road, SE21
- Colwell Road, SE22
- Coney Acre, SE21
- Constable’s Walk, SE21
- Copleston Road, SE15
- Coppedhall, SE21
- Cornflower Terrace, SE22
- Court Lane Gardens, SE21
- Court Lane, SE21
- Courtmead Close, SE24
- Cox’s Walk, SE21 and SE26
- Crawthew Grove, SE22
- Crebor Street, SE22
- Crescent Wood Road, SE26
- Crossthwaite Avenue, SE5
- Crouchman’s Close, SE26
- Croxted Road, SE21
- Crystal Palace Road, SE22
- Cyrena Road, SE22
- Danecroft Road, SE24
- Darrell Road, SE22
- Dawson’s Heights Estate, SE22
- Dekker Road, SE21
- Delawyk Crescent, SE24
- Delft Way, SE22
- Denesmead, SE24
- Denmark Hill, SE5
- Derwent Grove, SE22
- Desenfans Road, SE21
- Deventer Crescent, SE22
- Dog Kennel Hill, SE22
- Domett Close, SE5
- Donkey Alley, SE22
- Donne Court, SE24
- Dovercourt Road, SE21
- Dowson Close, SE5
- Druce Road, SE21
- Dudrich Mews, SE22
- Dulwich Common, SE21
- Dulwich Oaks Place, SE21
- Dulwich Village, SE21
- Dulwich Wood Avenue, SE19
- Dulwich Wood Park, SE19
- Dunstands Road, SE22
- Dunton Court, SE21
- Dylways, SE5
- East Dulwich Grove, SE22
- East Dulwich Road, SE22
- Eastlands Crescent, SE21
- Edgar Kail Way, SE22
- Eliot Bank, SE26
- Elmwood Road, SE21
- Elmworth Grove, SE21
- Elsie Road, SE22
- Etherow Street, SE22
- Eynella Road, SE22
- Farquhar Road, SE19
- Fellbrigg Road, SE22
- Ferrings, SE21
- Ferris Road, SE22
- Firemans Alley, SE22
- Fountain Drive, SE19
- Frank Dixon Close, SE21
- Frank Dixon Way, SE21
- Friern Road, SE22
- Frogley Road, SE22
- Gainsborough Court, SE21
- Gallery Road, SE21
- Garvens, SE19
- Giles Coppice, SE19
- Gilkes Crescent, SE21
- Gilkes Place, SE21
- Gipsy Hill, SE19
- Glazebrook Close, SE21
- Glengarry Road, SE22
- Glennie Court, SE22
- Goodrich Road, SE22
- Goose Green, SE22
- Gowlett Road, SE15
- Grange Lane, SE21
- Great Brownings, SE21
- Great Spilmans, SE22
- Green Dale, SE5 and SE22
- Grove Vale, SE22
- Gylcote Close, SE5
- Half Moon Lane, SE24
- Hambledon Place, SE21
- Hansler Road, SE22
- Hayes Grove, SE22
- Heber Road, SE22
- Henslowe Road, SE22
- Herne Hill, SE24
- Hillcourt Road, SE22
- Hillsborough Road, SE22
- Hilversum Crescent, SE22
- Hindmans Road, SE22
- Hitherwood Drive, SE19
- Hogarth Court, SE19
- Hollingbourne Road, SE24
- Home Meadow Mews, SE22
- Howard Way, SE22
- Howlett’s Road, SE24
- Hunt Way, SE22
- Hunt’s Slip Road, SE21
- Hunters Meadow, SE19
- Ildersly Grove, SE21
- Isel Way, SE22
- Jarvis Road, SE22
- Jasper Road, SE19
- Jennings Road, SE19
- Kelmore Grove, SE22
- Kempis Way, SE22
- Kennoldes, SE21
- Kingswood Drive, SE19
- Knights Hill, SE21
- Lacon Road, SE22
- Ladlands, SE22
- Landcroft Road, SE22
- Landells Road, SE22
- Lapse Wood Walk, SE23
- Lincoln Mews, SE21
- Lings Coppice, SE21
- Little Bornes, SE21
- Little Brownings, SE23
- Logetts, SE21
- Lord’s Close, SE21
- Lordship Lane, SE22
- Lovelace Road, SE21
- Lovers Walk, SE21
- Low Cross Wood Lane, SE21
- Lyall Avenue, SE21
- Lymer Avenue, SE19
- Lytcott Grove, SE22
- Marcus Garvey Mews, SE22
- Marmora Road, SE22
- Marsden Road, SE22
- Matham Grove, SE22
- Maxwell Court, SE22
- McLeod Court, SE22
- Melbourne Grove, SE22
- Melford Road, SE22
- Milo Road, SE22
- Mitchell’s Place, SE21
- Monclar Road, SE5
- Moore Way, SE22
- Morkyns Walk, SE21
- Mount Adon Park, SE22
- Mulberry Close, SE22
- Mundania Road, SE22
- Muschamp Road, SE22
- Nairne Grove, SE24
- Nimegen Way, SE22
- Norcroft Gardens, SE22
- North Cross Road, SE22
- Northcrofts, SE22
- Nutfield Road, SE22
- Oakfield Gardens, SE19
- Oakhurst Grove, SE22
- Oglander Road, SE22
- Ondine Road, SE22
- Overhill Road, SE22
- Oxenford Road, SE22
- Oxonian Street, SE22
- Peckarmans Wood, SE26
- Pellatt Road, SE22
- Perifield, SE21
- Pickwick Road, SE21
- Piermont Green, SE22
- Piermont Road, SE22
- Placquett Road, SE22
- Playfield Crescent, SE22
- Plough Lane, SE22
- Pond Cottages, SE21
- Pond Mead, SE22
- Pymers Mead, SE21
- Pytchley Road, SE22
- Quorn Road, SE22
- Railway Rise, SE22
- Reading Close, SE22
- Red Post Hill, SE22 and SE24
- Rock Hill, SE26
- Rockells Place, SE22
- Rodwell Road, SE22
- Rosendale Road, SE21
- Roseway, SE21
- Rouse Gardens, SE21
- Ruskin Walk, SE24
- Rycott Path, SE22
- Ryecotes Mead, SE21
- Ryedale, SE22
- Scutari Road, SE22
- Seeley Drive, SE21
- Shaw Road, SE22
- Shawbury Road, SE22
- Silvester Road, SE22
- Solway Road, SE22
- South Croxted Road, SE21
- Spenser Mews, SE21
- Spinney Gardens, SE19
- Springhill Close, SE5
- Spurling Road, SE22
- St Aidans Road, SE22
- St Barnabas Close, SE22
- St Francis Road, SE22
- Steen Way, SE22
- Stonehills Court, SE21
- Stradella Road, SE24
- Streamline Mews, SE22
- Sunray Avenue, SE24
- Sydcote, SE21
- Sydenham Hill, SE23 and SE26
- Sydenham Rise, SE23
- Talbot Road, SE22
- Tarbert Road, SE22
- Tell Grove, SE22
- Terborch Way, SE22
- The Gardens, SE22
- Therapia Road, SE22
- Thompson Road, SE22
- Thorncombe Road, SE22
- Thurlow Park Road, SE21
- Tintagel Crescent, SE22
- Tollgate Drive, SE21
- Townley Road, SE22
- Trossachs Road, SE22
- Turney Road, SE21
- Tylney Avenue, SE19
- Tyrrell Road, SE22
- Ulverscroft Road, SE22
- Underhill Road, SE22
- Upland Road, SE22
- Vale End, SE22
- Victoria Close, SE22
- Village Way, SE21
- Walkerscroft Mead, SE21
- Wanley Road, SE5
- Warmington Road, SE24
- Wavel Place, SE26
- Whateley Road, SE22
- Wickers Oake, SE19
- Wilkie Way, SE22
- Winterbrook Road, SE24
- Woodfarrs, SE5
- Woodhall Avenue, SE21
- Woodhall Drive, SE21
- Woodsyre, SE26
- Woodwarde Road, SE22
- Woodyard Lane, SE21
- Worlingham Road, SE22
- Zenoria Street, SE22