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Kempis Way, SE22

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Place Name Thomas à Kempis (born sometime around 1380 – July 25, 1471), was a 15thCentury religious writer, who studied…

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Isel Way, SE22

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Place Name An anglicised spelling of the River IJssel, a Dutch distributary of the River Rhine, that runs north through the city…

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Hilversum Crescent, SE22

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Place Name Hilversum is a city and municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is home to the…

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Nimegen Way, SE22

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Place Name An anglicised spelling of Nijmegen, which is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland, located on…

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Filed under: Camberwell, Dutch, Goose Green, Holland, Southwark, streets named after a Dutch connection, streets named after twin towns

Steen Way, SE22

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Place Name Jan Steen (1626 – February 3, 1679) was a 17thCentury Dutch artist, famous for his witty moralising scenes of…

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Arnhem Way, SE22

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Place Name Arnhem is a city in east Holland, that became famous as the setting of A Bridge Too Far,…

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Delft Way, SE22

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Place Name Most likely named after Delftware, the distinctive blue and white pottery that took its name from the Dutch…

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Terborch Way, SE22

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Place Name Gerard ter Borch (December 1617 – December 8, 1681) was a leading 17thCentury Dutch artist, Ter Borch who developed…

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Deventer Crescent, SE22

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Place Name It is one of the Dutch-themed names of developments on either side of East Dulwich Grove, so named…

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Filed under: Camberwell, Goose Green, Holland, Southwark, streets named after a Dutch connection

Pickwick Road, SE21

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Place Name Samuel Pickwick is the eponymous leader of the Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens’s widely successful first novel – originally told…

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Filed under: Charles Dickens, dickens, Dulwich, Dulwich Village, literature, Southwark, streets named after fictional characters, streets named after literary figures

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