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Woodchester Ave in Richmond – Named after Woodchester, the house belonging to Henry Dent Gardiner (1828- 1909). Gardiner retired to this house after leaving Purau in 1886. The land around the property was subdivided after his death in 1909. Two “beautifully-situated sections in the Woodchester subdivision, Gardiner’s estate, Richmond” are advertised for sale in the …

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Tilia Lane in Richmond- nothing on library website. This street doesn’t exist any longer and it was probably a private lane. It ran off Woodchester Ave and bordered by a building for the Shirley Tennis Club with houses on the other side. The Shirley Tennis Club building and the houses no longer exist. It was …

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Pamir Street in Mairehau – First appears in street directories in 1953. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Papers Past didn’t have must information either. A few death notices and a couple of engagement notices. In 1948 under naming of new streets it was described as a blind street of Kelly’ Rd …

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Mathers Road in Hoon Hay -Named after John Mather (1843- 1921). Mather was a draughtsman and, at one time, a captain with the 14th King’s Hussars, a cavalry regiment in the British Army. He used an inheritance received in the 1880s to buy land in Hoon Hay. He and his family were living at Tankerville, …

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Haslam Crescent in Hoon Hay- Named after Alec Leslie Haslam (1904-1997). Haslam was a lawyer and judge. He graduated from Canterbury University in 1926. In a 145-acre housing subdivision planned by the housing division of the Ministry of Works. The land was purchased from the Church Property Trustees and the Loughnan estate. In 1968 the …

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Alpers Place in Hoon Hay – Named after Oscar Thorwald Johan Alpers (1867-1927).Alpers was a teacher, journalist, writer, poet, lawyer and judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. In a 145-acre housing subdivision planned by the housing division of the Ministry of Works. The land was purchased from the Church Property Trustees and the …

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McCarthy Street in Hoon Hay – Named after Thaddeus Pearcey McCarthy (1907- 2001) McCarthy was a lawyer and judge. In a 145-acre housing subdivision planned by the housing division of the Ministry of Works. The land was purchased from the Church Property Trustees and the Loughnan estate. In 1968 the street names sub-committee of the …

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Waters Street in Hoon Hay -First appears in street directories in 1957. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Very little information on Papers Past. Just a few entries in 1950s and they were mostly about ballots for crown land sections. There was mention of sealing of the street in 1955 and the …

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Corgwyn Ave in Halswell – First appears in street directories in 1993. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Only 14 properties here and most built in 1990s and 2000s but two were built in 1970 and one built in 1960 so I was surprised that it was only named in 1993. A …

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Somerton Rise in Westmorland and nothing on library website for this street. This surprised me as most the houses were built in the 1990s. Somerton is a place in Somerset not too far from Glastonbury. The house called Highcrest is on the corner of this street and Highcrest Heights and I suspect that the names …

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