East Dulwich
| Dulwich | |||
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 28 ′ N , 0 ° 5 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | TQ345745 | ||
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| Residents | 12,321 | ||
| language | English | ||
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| Post town | LONDON | ||
| ZIP code section | SE22 | ||
| prefix | 020 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| London Borough | Southwark | ||
| British Parliament | Dulwich and West Norwood | ||
East Dulwich is a district of London District Southwark . Together with West Dulwich and Dulwich Village , it forms the Dulwich district . East Dulwich is bounded to the south by Dulwich Wood and Dulwich Village and to the west by Dulwich West. To the north is Peckham .
history
The first written mention of the area around Dulwich comes from King Edgar I, who in 967 granted Earl Aelfheah, one of his thanes , a hamlet in the area. The name Dulwich has been pronounced in different ways over the years, such as Dilwihs , Dylways or Dullag and means something like "meadow where the dill grows". The land was owned by Harald II , among others, and after 1066 belonged to William the Conqueror . The border between Dulwich Manor and the neighboring Friern Manor was at that time Lordship Lane. Around 1340 the hamlet of Est Dilewissh was sold to William Mabuhs by a John Leverich. Until its dissolution in 1538, the city was owned by the monks of Bermondsey Abbey . In 1544 the goldsmith Thomas Calton took over the property from Henry VIII. Between 1826 and 1827 the East Dulwich Chapel was built. It probably goes back to a design by the architect TF Baily. The building, which is no longer preserved today, was at the beginning of Lordship Lane, directly opposite Park Goose Green. With the construction of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway in 1863 and the opening of Champion Hill Station five years later, the area began to develop rapidly. Between 1871 and 1881 alone, 5,000 new houses were built in the urban area of East Dulwich. As the population increased, new schools such as Heber Road School and churches such as St. Peter's and Emmanuel Congregational Churches had to be built. In 1885 the first horse-powered tram began operating in East Dulwich. Public institutions were also increasingly being created. The Dulwich Public Baths opened in 1892 and are still in operation today, making them the oldest baths in London. A year later, the Dulwich Fire Station on Lordship Lane opened. It had to be closed in 1947 after the building suffered considerable damage in World War II . In 1900 East Dulwich was part of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell . In 1906 the tram in the district was electrified. It was in operation until 1952 when it was discontinued. During World War II, V1 and V2 bombs destroyed much of the buildings in East Dulwich and the surrounding areas. As part of a territorial reform, East Dulwich became part of Southwark in 1965 . The district has been subject to increasing gentrification since the end of the 20th century .
population
According to the 2011 census , East Dulwich has a population of 12,321. Of these, 9,127 (74.1%) were born in the United Kingdom , while the largest groups of immigrants with 816 inhabitants (6.6%) come from the Americas and 799 (6.5%) from countries of the European Union . The unemployment rate in 2011 was 1.1%.
Sports, leisure and attractions
The Dulwich Library opened as the first public library in East Dulwich in 1897 and offers, among other things, homework help for students, various discussion groups on books and computer courses. Not far from the library is the district's oldest pub , The Plow .
Concrete House is located on Lordship Lane and was built in 1873 by Charles Drake for the Patent Concrete Building Company. During the construction, iron shutters were used instead of the usual wooden shutters . The house is believed to be the last of its kind in England.
East Dulwich is home to two football clubs, Dulwich Hamlet FC, which was founded in 1893 and currently plays in the Isthmian League , and Fisher FC, which plays in the amateur league .
traffic
The district is connected to public transport via the East Dulwich Railway Station . From there, trains run by the Southern Railway Company , which connect East Dulwich to London Bridge Station in 11 minutes . Lines 40, 176, 185, 484 and P13 connect to the London Buses network . It takes about half an hour to drive to central London.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- William Ewart Napier (1881–1952), chess player
- Simon Lilly (* 1959), astrophysicist
- Rafe Spall (born 1983), actor
- King Krule (* 1994), musician
Famous residents
The actor Boris Karloff spent his childhood in East Dulwich, among other places. Adelaide Bartlett , a suspect in one of the most famous criminal cases of the Victorian Age , lived with her husband in East Dulwich from 1883 to 1885.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ethnic Group, 2011 (QS201EW) ( English ) Office for National Statistics. January 30, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ↑ Hibbert, Christopher; Booth, Pat; Weinreb, Ben: The London Encyclopedia . Macmillan, New York 1983, ISBN 0-333-32556-7 .
- ^ Former Places of worship in the Diocese of Southwark: East Dulwich Chapel ( English , pdf; 132 kB) Southwark Anglican Church. July 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ↑ Fire Station details: East Dulwich old fire station site . Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ Caroline McGhie: Up and coming but never arrived; They were downbeat areas on the way up, then house prices tumbled. Caroline McGhie asks if the gentrification front line is moving again , The Independent (London). March 27, 1994.
- ↑ Country of Birth (detailed), 2011 (QS203EW) ( English ) Office for National Statistics. February 14, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ Economic Activity of Household Reference Persons, 2011 (QS602EW) ( English ) Office for National Statistics. January 30, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ Dulwich Library . Southwark Council. Accessed November 2013.
- ↑ Ellen Widdup, David Trayner: Saved for Britain: the old concrete house of Dulwich . In: London Evening Standard . February 5, 2009, ISSN 0307-2088 ( online [accessed November 5, 2013]).
literature
- John D. Beaseley: East Dulwich: an illustrated alphabetical guide . South Riding Press, London 1998, ISBN 1-874401-08-X .
- Mary Boast: The Story of Dulwich (= London Borough of Southwark neighborhood histories ). Council of the London Borough of Southwark, London 1975, OCLC 2543430 .
- Brian Green: Victorian and Edwardian Dulwich . Barracuda, Buckingham 1988, ISBN 0-86023-432-0 .
