History of housing estate on East Dulwich Grove

[ak100]

Does anyone know the history of the housing estate built near the crossroads of East Dulwich Grove and Greendale/Townley Road? Does anyone know how I can find out about it? I was just wondering why all the street names are Dutch places (e.g. Delft, Ni[j]megen).

Thanks for any clues.

[rendelharris]

Named in the '60s when the estate was built to commemorate a "friendship link" between Camberwell and the Dutch town of Deventer. More info here: http://www.dulwichsociety.com/journal-archive/69-winter-2010/582-dulwich-estate and here: http://www.dulwichsociety.com/local-history/465-dulwich-roads-and-place-names

Cheers,

Rendel

[ak100]

That's great, thanks for the information Rendel.