Calton Avenue, SE21

Calton Avenue was named for Thomas Calton who bought Dulwich Manor in 1544.

Finger sign-post, Dulwich village, January 2005.
Credit: Velela

Originally it was named Calton Road. Thomas Calton bought Dulwich Manor from the Crown and his grandson Sir Francis Calton sold it to Edward Alleyn in 1606.

The Dulwich Cottage Company Ltd built Calton Road between Court Lane and Woodwarde Road. The 1891 census reveals that the cottages in Calton Road were rented by tenants whose occupations included gardeners, a general servant, carpenters, laundresses, a coachman, charwomen, postmen and a railway ticket collector.

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