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Dulwich.—Once a quiet little place at the foot of Sydenham-hill, but now growing rapidly. Handy for the Crystal Palace, and with the college and its fine picture gallery. Rents about the average or a little over. From Victoria (17 min.), Holborn Viaduct (21 min.), 1st, -/9, 1/-; 2nd, -/7, -/10; 3rd, -/5, -/8.
Charles Dickens (Jr.), Dickens's Dictionary of London, 1879