967 Edgar the Peaceful granted Dilwihs to a thane. Dilwihs meant 'meadow where the dill grew'

Lordship Lane was the boundary of Dulwich Manor with Friern Manor

1538 Dulwich no longer property of Bermondsey Abbey with Dissolution
1544 Dulwich granted to Thomas Calton by Henry VIII.

1605 Estate sold to Edward Alleyn by F Calton

1805(+1814) Dulwich Common enclosed
1826 East Dulwich Chapel built at start of Lordship Lane opposite Goose Green.

1851 Dulwich's population: 1,632
1863 London Chatham & Dover Railway built
1865 St John¹s Church built amidst green fields.
1868 East Dulwich station opened as Champion Hill Station
1872 St John¹s & St Clements school moved to Northcross Road.
1874 St Peter¹s Church built.
1877 Emmanuel Congregational Church opened on Barry Road
1883 Heber Road School
1887 Dulwich Hospital opened
1890 Dulwich Park opened
Dulwich Grove Congegational Church opened on Melbourne Grove.
1892 Dulwich Baths opened on East Dulwich Road
1893 Dulwich Fire Station opened (closed 1947 after war damage).
1897 Dulwich Library opened

1900 Part of the borough of Camberwell.
Grove Vale School opened.
1901 Dulwich's Population: 10,247
1902 Imperial Hall opened in Grove Vale.
1912 Dulwich Hamlet FC moved to Dog Kennel Hill.
Aquarius Golf Club opened.
1923 Imperial Hall became Pavilion.
Grove Tavern rebuilt
1931 New Dulwich Hamlet FC stadium opened.
1938 East Dulwich Odeon opened.
1940s World War II: the Blitz and the V1 & V2 flying bombs caused widespread damage to East Dulwich.
1952 End of electric trams.
1965 Became part of new borough of Southwark.
1972 East Dulwich Odeon closed. Later became London House.
1977 East Dulwich Police Station opened.
1990s Gentrification of East Dulwich.
1994 St John¹s & St Clements school moved to Adys Road.
2003 London House (old East Dulwich Odeon) demolished.

The Story of Dulwich - Mary Boast (1975 London Borough of Southwark)
East Dulwich - John D Beasley (South Riding Press 2001)
Dulwich: A History - Brian Green (2002)