Tulse Hill

Coordinates: 51°26′43″N 0°06′33″W / 51.4452°N 0.1091°W / 51.4452; -0.1091

Tulse Hill is a district in the London Borough of Lambeth in south London, England. It lies to the south of Brixton, east of Brixton Hill, north of West Norwood and west of West Dulwich.

History

The area known as Tulse Hill is part of the former Manor or Manors of Bodley, Upgroves and Scarlettes whose precise boundaries are now uncertain. The name of the area comes from the Tulse family who came into ownership of farmland in the area during the period of the Commonwealth in the 1650s.Sir Henry Tulse was Lord Mayor of London in 1683 and his daughter Elizabeth married Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow. The land remained in Onslow ownership until 1789 when most of it was purchased by William Cole. The estate was further divided on Cole's death in 1807.

The western part was left to "Mercy Cressingham, spinster" (now commemorated by the Cressingham Gardens estate in the area) and the eastern part -now mostly occupied by Brockwell Park - was left to Richard Ogbourne who promptly sold it on to John Blades.

Tulse Hill (ward)

Tulse Hill ward is an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. It stretches up from Brixton town centre to the South Circular road. The area contains several large housing estates around Tulse Hill, the road, but does not contain Tulse Hill railway station

Lambeth Council elections 2010

At the Lambeth Council elections, 2010 residents of Tulse Hill ward elected three Labour Party Councillors. At a subsequent by-election held on 2 July 2010 the voters of Tulse Hill ward elected another Labour Party Councillor.

External information

Coordinates: 51°27′00″N 0°06′58″W / 51.450°N 0.116°W / 51.450; -0.116