East Dulwich

East Dulwich
East Dulwich
East Dulwich shown within Greater London
Population 12,321 (2011 Census. Ward)[1]
OS grid reference TQ345745
London borough
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district SE22
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
EU Parliament London
UK Parliament
London Assembly

East Dulwich is a district of south East London, England in the London Borough of Southwark. It forms the eastern part of Dulwich, with Peckham to the east and Camberwell to the north. This south London suburb was first developed in the nineteenth century on land owned by Alleyn's College.[2]

It was originally part of the much larger, historic parish of Camberwell, which later became the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell, and included Camberwell, Peckham, Dulwich, Nunhead, and other London districts.[3]

History

Saxon Dulwich

967 - Edgar the Peaceful granted Dilwihs to a thane named Earl Aelfheah. Dilwihs meant 'meadow where the dill grew'.[4]

Medieval East Dulwich

1066 - King William I of England is owner of Dulwich, taking the land from King Harold II of England

Part of Lordship Lane was the boundary of Dulwich Manor with Friern Manor.

1340 - The hamlet of Est Dilewissh was sold to John Leverich by William Mabuhs

Tudor Dulwich

1538 - Dulwich no longer property of Bermondsey Abbey with Dissolution.

1544 - Dulwich granted to goldsmith Thomas Calton for £609 by Henry VIII.

Stuart East Dulwich

Camille Pissarro, Lordship Lane railway station, East Dulwich, c. 1870
St John the Evangelist church at Goose Green

Georgian Dulwich

1805 (+1814) - Dulwich Common enclosed.

1826 - East Dulwich Chapel built at start of Lordship Lane opposite Goose Green.

Victorian Dulwich

1851 - Dulwich's population: 1,632.

1863 - London, Chatham and Dover Railway built.

1865 - St John's Church built amidst green fields.

1868 - East Dulwich railway station opened as Champion Hill Station.

1868 - Old village green is bought for public use.

1871-1881 - 5,000 houses built in East Dulwich.

1872 - St John's & St Clements school moved to North Cross Road.

Dulwich Library

1874 - St Peter's Church built.

1877 - Emmanuel Congregational Church opened on Barry Road.

1882 - Heber Road School.

1885 - Horse-drawn trams arrived in East Dulwich

1887 - Dulwich Hospital opened.

1890 - Dulwich Park opened. Dulwich Grove Congregational Church opened on Melbourne Grove.

1892 - Dulwich Public Baths opened on East Dulwich Road. 1893 - Dulwich Fire Station opened on Lordship Lane (closed 1947 after war damage).[5]

1897 - Dulwich Library opened.[6]

1897 - Enid Blyton was born on Lordship Lane.

Modern East Dulwich

It is a residential area which has undergone gentrification in recent years.[7] There is a shopping area along Lordship Lane which, in addition to several independent shops, has a variety of restaurants, butcher, fishmonger. On Fridays and Saturdays there is a small market on North Cross Road with antiques, crafts and specialist food stalls. Some of the public houses in the area have been converted to gastropubs.

Dateline

1900 - Part of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell. Grove Vale School opened.

1901 - Dulwich's Population: 10,376

1902 - Imperial Hall opened in Grove Vale.

1906 - Horse-drawn trams were replaced by electrical ones. The route ran Dog Kennel Hill, Lordship Lane and East Dulwich Road.

1912 - Dulwich Hamlet FC moved to Dog Kennel Hill. Aquarius Golf Club opened.

1923 - Imperial Hall became Pavilion. Grove Tavern rebuilt.

1931 - New Dulwich Hamlet FC stadium opened.

1935 - St Thomas More Catholic Church officially named.

1938 - East Dulwich Odeon opened.

1940s - World War II: the Blitz and the V1 & V-2 rocket flying bombs caused widespread damage to East Dulwich.

1952 - End of electric trams.

1965 - Became part of new London Borough of Southwark.

1972 - East Dulwich Odeon closed. Later became London House.

1973 - Dawsons Heights by Kate Macintosh

1977 - East Dulwich Police Station opened.

1980 - AC/DC singer Ronald “bon” Scott passed away in a car parked outside of an east dulwich house

1994 - St John's & St Clements school moved to Adys Road.

1998 - Commemorative blue plaque added to 36 Forest Hill Road, birthplace of Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)

2003 - London House (old East Dulwich Odeon) demolished.

2015 - East Dulwich Picturehouse opened.

Geography

East Dulwich area map.

Dulwich Plough

One area of East Dulwich is called Dulwich Plough.[8] This was named after a pub, "The Plough" which had been there since 1830. The pub was taken over by Bass Taverns pub chain and changed its name in 1996 to the Goose and Granite. Despite the efforts of a "Save Dulwich Plough" campaign the new name was kept for almost ten years. The name reverted to The Plough in 2005.

Dulwich Library, which opened on 24 November 1897 is nearby.

The Concrete House on Lordship Lane

549 Lordship Lane: the "Concrete House"

One of the most architecturally interesting buildings in the area is at 549 Lordship Lane. The so-called "Concrete House" is a former derelict grade II listed building, now restored and back in use, and is an example of 19th-century concrete house. It is believed that it is the only surviving example in England.[9]

The Concrete House was built in 1873 by Charles Drake of the Patent Concrete Building Company. In 1867 the builder had patented the use of iron panels for shuttering rather than timber.

It was on the Heritage at Risk Register from 1994 to 2013 when it was removed following its successful repair and conversion. Having fallen vacant in the 1980s and developing serious structural problems, it has been fully restored and converted to five flats in shared ownership. It then won an award from English Heritage, the Angel Commendation.[10]

Local Government Elections

  • Following ward boundary changes this ward was made up of half of East Dulwich and parts of South Camberwell and Peckham Rye wards
Goose Green 2018 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Victoria Olisa 2,372
Labour James McAsh 2,042
Labour Charlie Smith 2,039
Liberal Democrat James Barber 1,719
Liberal Democrat Clare Donachie 1,502
Women's Equality Claire Empson 1,075
Liberal Democrat Michael Green 974
Green Rosemary Ades 679
Conservative David Bradbury 408
Green David Jennings 394
Conservative Robert Broomhead 354
Conservative Michael Poole-Wilson 334
Green Dale Latchford 311
Majority
Turnout 4,776 44.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
East Dulwich[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat James Barber 1,667
Liberal Democrat Rosie Shimell 1,441
Labour Charlie Smith 1,342
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Mitchell 1,299
Labour Katharine Morshead 1,298
Labour Cassim Bakharia 1,279
Green Sophie Armour 702
Green Abby Taubin 636
Green Paul Chaplin 463
Conservative Alan Broomhead 352
Conservative Joseph Lyons 346
Conservative Edith Okparaocha 294
UKIP Linda Stanbury 208
Turnout 4,053 43.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
East Dulwich[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat James Barber * 2,854
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Mitchell 2,720
Liberal Democrat Rosie Shimell 2,435
Labour Leslie Alden 2,061
Labour Joani Reid 1,952
Labour Oliver Kempton 1,907
Conservative Christopher Fish 920
Conservative Louise Dalton 871
Conservative Janet Sam-King 779
Green Anna Goodman 718
Green Lucy Trinder 572
Green Derek Kinrade 436
Turnout 6343 70.9
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Sport and leisure

East Dulwich is home to the non-league football club Dulwich Hamlet, which plays at Champion Hill.

Transport

The area is served by East Dulwich railway station, for Southern train services between London Bridge and local South London and Surrey destinations.

See also

References

Notes
  1. ↑ "Southwark Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  2. ↑ The Dulwich Society: .
  3. ↑ "Camberwell", British History online
  4. ↑ Hibbert, Christopher; Booth, Pat; Weinreb, Ben (1983). The London encyclopedia. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-32556-7.
  5. ↑ "Dulwich Fire Station c.1900. Built 1892". London Fire Brigade. 1900. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
  6. ↑ "Welcome to Southwark libraries". Southwark Council. Archived from the original on 15 November 2004. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
  7. ↑ "Good buy, Mr Chips". The Times. 11 June 2004.
  8. ↑ https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2018876
  9. ↑ "549 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, Southwark, c.1930". Ideal Homes. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  10. ↑ Wilding, Mark (7 October 2013). "The Concrete House restoration wins English Heritage commendation". bdonline.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  11. ↑ "Election results for East Dulwich Ward". Southwark Council. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Election results for East Dulwich Ward". Southwark Council. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
Bibliography

  • Boast, Mary (1990). The Story of Dulwich. London Borough of Southwark Local Studies Library. pp. 36 pages. ISBN 0-905849-09-4.
  • Beasley, John D (1998). East Dulwich: an illustrated alphabetical guide. South Riding Press. pp. 152 pages. ISBN 1-874401-08-X.
  • Green, Brian (1988). Victorian and Edwardian Dulwich. Quotes Ltd. pp. 140 pages. ISBN 0-86023-432-0.
  • William Harnett Blanch (1877). Ye parish of Cam̃erwell: A brief account of the parish of Camberwell, its history and antiquities. E.W. Allen. , page 220.
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