Boxall Road, SE21

Road in/near Dulwich, existing between 1773 and now

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Boxall Road was formerly Boxall Row.

In about 1773, wheelwright John Shaw and builder William Levens built six brick houses at the eastern end (starting with a wheelwright’s shop), for Robert Boxall, lessee of ’The Greyhound’ Inn. The road was gradually extended westward, to link up with Turney Road in the late 1870s.

Dulwich Village was expanding rapidly by the late 1870s and this brought work for gardeners, cooks and other occupations that tended to the needs of the wealthy. There was an increasing shortage of accommodation for the low-paid.

One of the Governors of Dulwich College therefore set up the Dulwich Cottage Company Ltd (DCCL) to provide low rental housing for those who attended to the richer homes of Dulwich. It acquired land from Dulwich College Estate that faced onto Boxall Row.

Cottages in Boxall Road were designed by Charles Barry Jnr, architect to the Dulwich Estate, in the ’Dutch/German’ style designed to blend in with the character of the locality, despite being smaller.



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Main source: A Gazetteer of Dulwich Roads and Place Names
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NEARBY STREETS
Aysgarth Road, SE21 Aysgarth Road was named in 1896 after a country estate of Edward Alleyn (Dulwich)
Beauval Road, SE22 Beauval Road runs from Townley Road up to Woodwarde Road (Dulwich)
Boxall Road, SE21 Boxall Road was formerly Boxall Row (Dulwich)
Burbage Road, SE21 Burbage Road is named for the Elizabethan actor Richard Burbage, near contemporary of Edward Alleyn (Dulwich)
Calton Avenue, SE21 Calton Avenue was named for Thomas Calton who bought Dulwich Manor in 1544. (Dulwich)
Court Lane Gardens, SE21 Court Lane Gardens is set back from Court Lane, on the north side of Dulwich Park (Dulwich)
Court Lane, SE21 Court Lane was first mentioned in 1599 as "the highway leading from the Manor House" (Dulwich)
Dekker Road, SE21 Dekker Road was called after Thomas Dekker, poet and dramatist, and contemporary of Edward Alleyn (Dulwich)
Delawyk Crescent, SE24 Delawyk Crescent marks a former way that ’Dulwich’ was once spelled (Herne Hill)
Desenfans Road, SE21 Desenfans Road was named in honour of benefactors of Dulwich Picture Gallery, Margaret and Noel Desenfans (Dulwich)
Dovercourt Road, SE21 Dovercourt Road is a road in the SE21 postcode area (Dulwich)
Dovercourt Road, SE22 Dovercourt Road was named after Dovercourt in Essex (Dulwich)
Druce Road, SE21 Druce Road is name after a firm of solicitors (Dulwich)
Dulwich Village, SE21 Dulwich Village was formerly the High Street of Dulwich (Dulwich)
Eastlands Crescent, SE21 Eastlands Crescent took its name from a house called ’Eastlands’ (Dulwich)
Eastlands Crescent, SE22 Eastlands Crescent is a road in the SE22 postcode area (Dulwich)
Gallery Road, SE21 Gallery Road links Dulwich village to Dulwich Common, taking its name from the Dulwich Picture Gallery. (Dulwich)
Gilkes Crescent, SE21 Gilkes Crescent was named in memory of Arthur Herman Gilkes, Master of Dulwich College 1885-1914 (Dulwich)
Gilkes Place, SE21 Gilkes Place was formerly Elms Road (Dulwich)
North House, SE21 North House is a block on Dulwich Village (Dulwich)
Park House, SE21 Park House is a block on College Road (Dulwich)
Pickwick Road, SE21 Pickwick Road was built on the site of the Greyhound pub (Dulwich)
Pond House, SE21 Pond House is a building on College Road (Dulwich)
Pond Mead, SE21 Pond Mead takes its name from Pond House (formerly Pond Place) (North Dulwich)
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)
Trust Road, SE21 Trust Road is a road in the SE21 postcode area (Dulwich)
Turney Road, SE21 Turney Road was named after George L. Turney of Camberwell Vestry (Dulwich)
Village Way, SE21 Village Way links Half Moon Lane and Dulwich Village (North Dulwich)
Woodwarde Road, SE22 Woodwarde Road runs from Dulwich Library to Dulwich Village. (Dulwich)
Woodyard Lane, SE21 Woodyard Lane once led to a Dulwich Estates woodyard at the end of the lane (Dulwich)


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