Sloan Terrace in the suburb of Cashmere, Christchurch

Sloan Tce in Cashmere – Part of Hunter Terace (south)Probably named after Patrick Bernard Sloan (1887?-1965). In 1936 Sloan, a carpenter, is listed in street directories as living at 139 Western (later Waimea) Terrace where this street was later formed. The southern part of Hunter Terrace was named Sloan Terrace in 1961 after Thorrington School was built. First appears in street directories in 1964.

A small amount of information from the library website and there are mistakes in this information. Patrick Sloan did live at 139 Waimea Tce but that house is still there and it is on the other side of the river from Sloan Tce. There isn’t a street formed at 139 Waimea Tce. Patrick Bernard Sloan was born 7th March 1885 and died 1st February 1965 and he grew up on Simeon St. It is interesting that when he died he was living back on Simeon St in what as possibly the same house where he grew up. He lived at the Waimea Tce address from 1941 to 1949 and from 1949 to 1961 he was living at 9 and 15 Centaurus Rd. Sloan Tce was developed at 15 Centaurus Rd and Remeura Tce was developed at 9 Centaurus Rd. In 1951 there was an issue with his subdivision as the council and the Sloans were disagreeing about a towpath along the river. They owned 8 acres of land at the Cashmere end of Colombo St and their plan was to subdivide the land into 40 sections. The road was developed as far as the towpath which I suspect is now what is known as the Donkey Track. I am not sure how it was called Hunter Tce South as it wasn’t ever connected to Hunter Tce. I had a good look at early maps especially the ones from 1950s. The couple owned other blocks of land including one on the Main South Rd.

This street has houses on only one side of the street as the Heathcote River is on the other side. The street is on the high side of the river. None of the houses stood out for me and most were built in 1950s and 1960s. There is an entrance to the Remuera Reserve near the end of the street. At the end of the street there is the Donkey Track and this is a pleasant short walk that takes you to Malcolm Ave.