Gilkes Crescent, SE21

Gilkes Crescent was named in memory of Arthur Herman Gilkes, Master of Dulwich College 1885-1914.

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

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

North Dulwich North Dulwich, despite being a Victorian-era station is an estate agent invention as a district.

North Dulwich

NEARBY STREETS

Ardbeg Road, SE24 Ardbeg Road is named after a village in Argyll (North Dulwich)

Ardbeg Road, SE24

Aysgarth Road, SE21 Aysgarth Road was named in 1896 after a country estate of Edward Alleyn (Dulwich)

Aysgarth Road, SE21

Bassano Street, SE22 Bassano Street on the Dulwich College estate was probably inspired by the proximity of the College art gallery (East Dulwich)

Bassano Street, SE22

Beauval Road, SE22 Beauval Road runs from Townley Road up to Woodwarde Road (Dulwich)

Beauval Road, SE22

Beckwith Road, SE24 Beckwith Road was named after William Beckwith Towse, who, as trustee of this estate, was responsible for laying out the building plots (North Dulwich)

Beckwith Road, SE24

Boxall Road, SE21 Boxall Road was formerly Boxall Row (Dulwich)

Boxall Road, SE21

Calton Avenue, SE21 Calton Avenue was named for Thomas Calton who bought Dulwich Manor in 1544. (Dulwich)

Calton Avenue, SE21

Colwell Road, SE22 Colwell Road is one of the streets of London in the SE22 postal area (East Dulwich)

Colwell Road, SE22

Dekker Road, SE21 Dekker Road was called after Thomas Dekker, poet and dramatist, and contemporary of Edward Alleyn (Dulwich)

Dekker Road, SE21

Desenfans Road, SE21 Desenfans Road was named in honour of benefactors of Dulwich Picture Gallery, Margaret and Noel Desenfans (Dulwich)

Desenfans Road, SE21

Dovercourt Road, SE21 Dovercourt Road is a road in the SE21 postcode area (Dulwich)

Dovercourt Road, SE21

Dovercourt Road, SE22 Dovercourt Road was named after Dovercourt in Essex (Dulwich)

Dovercourt Road, SE22

Druce Road, SE21 Druce Road is name after a firm of solicitors (Dulwich)

Druce Road, SE21

Dulwich Lawn Close, SE22 This is a street in the SE22 postcode area (East Dulwich)

Dulwich Lawn Close, SE22

Dulwich Village, SE21 Dulwich Village was formerly the High Street of Dulwich (Dulwich)

Dulwich Village, SE21

Eastlands Crescent, SE21 Eastlands Crescent took its name from a house called ’Eastlands’ (Dulwich)

Eastlands Crescent, SE21

Eastlands Crescent, SE22 Eastlands Crescent is a road in the SE22 postcode area (Dulwich)

Eastlands Crescent, SE22

Elmwood Road, SE24 Elmwood Road was named in 1891 after Elm Cottage and Elm Field (North Dulwich)

Elmwood Road, SE24

Gilkes Crescent, SE21 Gilkes Crescent was named in memory of Arthur Herman Gilkes, Master of Dulwich College 1885-1914 (Dulwich)

Gilkes Crescent, SE21

Gilkes Place, SE21 Gilkes Place was formerly Elms Road (Dulwich)

Gilkes Place, SE21

Great Spilmans, SE22 Great Spilmans is a modern name for a road that lies south of East Dulwich Grove between Gilkes Crescent and Calton Avenue (North Dulwich)

Great Spilmans, SE22

Green Dale Close, SE22 Green Dale Close is a road in the SE22 postcode area (East Dulwich)

Green Dale Close, SE22

Green Dale, SE22 Green Dale’s southern section was originally a grassy lane, probably of great antiquity, leading to the old parish church of St Giles, Camberwell (East Dulwich)

Green Dale, SE22

Hillsboro Road, SE22 Hillsboro Road marks an old footpath connecting East Dulwich and the Village (East Dulwich)

Hillsboro Road, SE22

Kempis Way, SE22 Kempis Way, on the ’Dutch estate’ was completed in 1969 (East Dulwich)

Kempis Way, SE22

Lycott Grove, SE22 Lycott Grove is a road in the SE22 postcode area (East Dulwich)

Lycott Grove, SE22

Milo Gardens, SE22 Milo Gardens is a road in the SE22 postcode area (Dulwich)

Milo Gardens, SE22

Milo Road, SE22 Milo Road connects Beauval Road with Lordship Lane (Dulwich)

Milo Road, SE22

North House, SE21 North House is a block on Dulwich Village (Dulwich)

North House, SE21

Playfield Crescent, SE22 Playfield Crescent was supposedly named because Alleyn’s School’s playing fields adjoin it (East Dulwich)

Playfield Crescent, SE22

Pond Mead, SE21 Pond Mead takes its name from Pond House (formerly Pond Place) (North Dulwich)

Pond Mead, SE21

Red Post Hill, SE24 Red Post Hill was the ancient highway leading from Dulwich to London (North Dulwich)

Red Post Hill, SE24

Roseway, SE21 Roseway was built after the First World War by the Estates Governors’ Cottage Building Scheme on a field used by Causton’s Athletic Club (Dulwich)

Roseway, SE21

Steen Way, SE22 Steen Way is named after the 17th century artist, Jan Steen (East Dulwich)

Steen Way, SE22

Terborch Way, SE22 Terborch Way was named after a Deventer, Netherlands-based 17th century artist, Gerard Terborch (East Dulwich)

Terborch Way, SE22

Thorncombe Road, SE22 Thorncombe Road was constructed on the line of an old footpath leading from East Dulwich Grove to Dulwich (East Dulwich)

Thorncombe Road, SE22

Townley Road, SE22 Townley Road links Lordship Lane with East Dulwich Grove (Dulwich)

Townley Road, SE22

Village Way, SE21 Village Way links Half Moon Lane and Dulwich Village (North Dulwich)

Village Way, SE21

Woodwarde Road, SE22 Woodwarde Road runs from Dulwich Library to Dulwich Village. (Dulwich)

Woodwarde Road, SE22

Wyneham Road, SE24 Wyneham Road is a road in the SE24 postcode area (North Dulwich)

Wyneham Road, SE24

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