There was a medieval field system between the two roads. In 1989, the Museum of London carried out an exploratory dig here to verify this. Amongt the fields, a path became known as Lovers Lane or Pensioners’ Walk.
In 1768 the right of way received an official name – The Grove. Grove Field lay on its south side.
Lover’s Walk had become its informal name by 1876 – in May that year, a news report recorded an incident here. In 2012, the Dulwich Estate agreed to calls for Lover’s Walk to be the formal name.
For cyclists it has yet another name – it is part of the Traylen Trail.
