Baker Estate Lane in Halswell – A significant portion of this property formed part of the Baker Estate with a portion of the tramway running along the southern boundary. In 1873 Mr Baker passed away and the property was transferred to Rev Lorenzo Moore.
A small amount from the council minutes about the naming of streets in the subdivision.
I searched Papers Past and Ancestry website which wasn’t made easy as the information provided to the council is probably wrong. The only Baker’s Estate that I found was in Spreydon and it eventually formed Barrington Park. The person who died in 1873 was Dr Alfred Charles Barker and there is a reasonable amount of information online about him. The Rev Lorenzo Moore was executor of Dr Barker’s will but only while Dr Barker’s son Mathias Barker was out of the country. Dr Barker owned a lot of property but I couldn’t find any evidence of him owning property in Halswell. Rev Lorenzo Moore left New Zealand in 1873 to work in Melbourne.
The street is too new to be on maps and there aren’t any houses here yet.
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