Annex Rd in Middleton – formerly Lincoln & Riccarton Junction Road and Junction Road. In 1914 it was named Lincoln & Riccarton Junction Road. Junction Road first appears in street directories in 1936. Re-named Annex Road in June 1948 when 24 streets in the Waimairi County were re-named.
A small amount of from the library website. There was a huge amount of information on Papers Past. Many entries were about Sunnyside now known as Hillmorton Hospital. In 1963 a day hospital was opened at Sunnyside. The rest of the articles were mostly about the condition of the road, complaints about cyclists and there were so many accidents on the road. There was about 10 years of talk about road widening and it took so long because that is how long the negotiations with the railways took as it was railway land that was required. In 1951 because of the unsatisfactory condition of the road the Waimairi County Council was seeking to declare it as a main highway. In 1966 Marylands which had a frontage on Annex Rd was sold to the council and in 1974 the Marylands Industrial block was approved. In 1979 an underpass for cyclists was approved. In the last couple of years the part of the road that goes past Hillmorton Hospital is now part of the Nor’ West Cycleway.
Personally I thought that it was more interesting when the road was Lincoln and Riccarton Junction Rd. In 1866 there were sections of land for sale and in 1875 the owners of the various sections were told to stop water from their artesian wells from draining onto the road because of the damage this was causing. In 1871 Mr Dearsley’s gravel pit is mentioned. Mr G P Williams in 1893 was seeking permission for a water race ford on the road. Mr Barnard had a farm near the the lunatic asylum. In 1893 the property of Sir John Hall was for sale.
When looking atPapers Past there was frequent mention of Middle Lincoln Rd which was a bit confusing so I went looking for maps. Middle Lincoln Rd seems to be now Wigram Rd but Wigram Rd isn’t on the library website. I then managed to find Lincoln and Riccarton Junction Rd on a map dated 1879 and this road went all the way to Riccarton Rd at Church Corner. The portion of the road that went from Blenheim Rd to Riccarton Rd is now Hanson’s Lane but this information isn’t on the library website. There is also no mention in Papers Past. I will have to add this information to my Hanson’s Lane write up. I went back to the 1879 map and compared it to modern maps to confirm this.
I actually walked this street in full in February 2020 and it would have been when I was still doing volunteer work at the University. I used to catch a bus to the University and then walk home via a different route each time. Yes it is a very long from the University to Addington. I remember stopping for coffee and cake at a cafe on Lincoln Rd. From Blenheim Rd to Wigram Rd it is all businesses and too many for me to name them all. Then there is the underpass before you get to Hillmorton Hospital. There is now a few houses plus big area of green space before you get to Lincoln Rd. The area between the underpass and Lincoln Rd I have frequently walked as people keep hiding geocaches in the area.
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