Glasgow Street in the suburb of Phillipstown, Christchurch

Glasgow Street in Phillipstown – Named after Glasgow, a city in Scotland. Named by John Alexander Redpath (1846?-1942) in 1909 when he subdivided his land there and laid out the new streets. He founded the firm of J A Redpath & Sons Ltd., coal merchants. Redpath’s wife was born Rose Ann Glasgow (1843?- 1921) and the street could also have been named in her honour. First appears in street directories in 1913

A small amount of information from the library website. As both John Alexander Redpath and his wife Rose Ann Glasgow were born in Ireland I personally think that the street was named after John’s wife. I found the same article from 1909 that mentioned the new streets Glasgow St and Newcastle St. There were the usual death notices for the street. Lots of birth notices as there was a Nurse Adam’s at 9 Glasgow St. There were new sewers for the street in 1927. John Alexander Redpath had a son also called John Alexander Redpath. I got a bit confused for a moment about the wives of the men but I think that John Alexander Redpath Junior remarried after his first wife died. John Alexander Redpath Junior possibly also had a son with the same name. Looked at Ancestry website but that got too confusing.

Only 28 houses here and 13 of them were built between 1910 and 1920 plus there was one built in 1905. Most are in good condition but suspect that they will gradually disappear and be replaced with multi modern ugly units as this is already happening here. I liked this street with the lovely older houses.