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Erewhon Tce in Hillsborough – Named after Samuel Butler’s book Erewhon or Over the Range. The book is about Butler’s life on his high country station Mesopotamia. First appears in street directories in 1970. A small amount of information from the library website. Very little information on Papers Past and in 1962 the unformed portion …

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After researching Guild Street and Stapletons Road plus a online conversation with a friend I decided to research a building. Several hours later I can now write up the information. The story starts in Church Square in Addington where there is St Mary’s Home for girls. The church in Church Square is called St Mary’s. …

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Stapletons Road in Richmond – Named after Thomas Stapleton (1826-1895). Stapleton, a gentleman, was a sawyer and “poultry enthusiast”. He died at his home in Stapletons Road. First appears in street directories in 1887. A small amount of information from the library website. Any street name with an s on the end usually means it …

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Guild Street in Richmond – Named after a position in the Anglican church. Guilds were originally associations of craftsmen in particular trades. The term was borrowed by the Anglican Church. A guild tends to be a group of lay persons (often women) within a parish which meet together for social purposes and to maintain the …

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Chancellor Street in Richmond – Named after a position in the Anglican Church. The chancellor is the legal adviser to an Anglican diocese. He or she is one of those who administer the affairs of a diocese between meetings of synod. One of a number of streets with names with Anglican associations, chosen when the …

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Julius Terrace in Richmond – Formerly Harper Terrace. Named after Henry John Chitty Harper (1804-1893). Re-named Julius Terrace. Named after Churchill Julius (1847- 1938). Harper Terrace is first mentioned in The Press in 1912. First appears in street directories in 1914. Bishop Harper was the first Anglican Bishop of Christchurch 1856-1889. Formed on land originally …

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Averill Street in Richmond – Named after the Rev. Alfred Walter Averill (1865-1957). Averill was the vicar of St. Michael’s Anglican Church 1894-1910. He then became Bishop of Waiapu before becoming Bishop of Auckland. He was Archbishop of New Zealand 1925-1940. First mentioned in The Press in 1912 when land in North Richmond is advertised …

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Kawau Crescent in Bromley and nothing on the library website. I checked both the old and new street information on the library website. Luckily I found an article from 1972 where six streets are mentioned as being named after the Maori names for birds that live in the Estuary. It was a new subdivision in …

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Korora Street in Bromley and nothing on the library website. I checked both the old and new street information on the library website. Luckily I found an article from 1972 where six streets are mentioned as being named after the Maori names for birds that live in the Estuary. It was a new subdivision in …

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Pateke Place in Bromley and nothing on the library website. I checked both the old and new street information on the library website. Luckily I found an article from 1972 where six streets are mentioned as being named after the Maori names for birds that live in the Estuary. It was a new subdivision in …

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