Named in 1967 after a 17th century Dutch artist, Gerard Terborch (1617-81), who lived in Deventer. One of the Dutch-derived names of developments on either side of East Dulwich Grove, named in honour of the ’friendship link’ between the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell and Deventer, in the Netherlands. The other roads in the development are Arnhem Way, Delft Way, Deventer Crescent, Hilversum Crescent, Isel Way, Kempis Way, Nimegen Way and Steen Way.
