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Jerez Place in Hei Hei and there wasn’t any information on the library website. The houses here were all built in the 1990s so I would have expected it to be on the library website. Probably named after a place in Spain famous for making sherry and my reasoning for this is that there are …

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Proctor Street in Papanui – Named after Mary Horner, née Proctor, (1836?-1919). Mary Horner was the wife of William Horner, a blacksmith. She died at her home at 6 Horner Street. John Proctor Horner (b. 1869) was one of her sons. First appears in street directories in 1887. A small amount of information from the …

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Mary Street in Papanui – Named after Mary Horner (1836?- 1919). Mary Horner was the wife of William Horner (1833-1905), a blacksmith. She died at her home in Horner Street. First appears in street directories in 1890. A small amount of information on the library website. There was very little information on Papers Past and …

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Loftus Street in Papanui – Formerly Lofthouse Street. Named after Lofthouse, a village in West Yorkshire. Re-named Loftus Street. The Horner family once lived in Lofthouse. Lofthouse Street first appears in street directories in 1887. Loftus Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1898. A small amount of information from the library website. Many …

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Horner Street in Papanui -Named after William Horner (1833-1905) and his wife, Mary. Horner was the first blacksmith in Papanui. From 1873 he lived in a 16-roomed homestead on Papanui Road, an early Canterbury prefabricated house. He sold off most of the 50 acres originally with this property. Horner Street is first mentioned in the …

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Taunton Green in Papanui – Named after Taunton, which is located in the New Forest near Christchurch in England. Ponies roam freely in the protected woodlands in the area. The property at 94 Grants Road had been used to graze horses, and the applicants wanted to retain the open, rural appeal of the property. Named …

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Courtenay Street in St Albans – Codlings Lane and Grafton Street. Formerly Codlings Lane. Named after Thomas Codling (1810?-1892). Re-named Grafton Street and then Courtenay Street. Probably named after William Reginald Courtenay, the 11th Earl of Devon (1807- 1888). Codlings Lane never appears in street directories. First appears in the Star in 1873 as “Codling’s”. …

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Massey Crescent in St Albans – Formerly Massey Street. Spooner’s Lane, later Eden Street, was incorporated into Massey Street. Named after William Ferguson Massey (1856- 1925). Spooner’s Lane was named after George Frederick Spooner (1843?- 1918). Re-named Eden Street. Originally part of George Dickinson’s dairy farm. Massey was the Prime Minister of New Zealand 1912-1925. …

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Sheppard Place in St Albans – formerly School Road and School Place. Named because it leads to St Albans School. Re-named Sheppard Place. Named after Katherine “Kate” Wilson Sheppard (1847-1934)School Road first appears in street directories in 1894. Becomes School Place. Re-named Sheppard Place on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Kate Sheppard …

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Merlewood Ave in Cashmere – Named after Merlewood, the home built on Cracroft Terrace in 1903 belonging to Dr. John Christopher Bradshaw (1876- 1950).Dr Bradshaw was the first professor of music at Canterbury College 1937-1941. He was organist and choirmaster at Christchurch Cathedral for 35 years. He formed Merlewood Avenue to give better access to …

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