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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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Highcrest Heights in Westmorland and there wasn’t anything on the library website. I was surprised as many of the houses were built in 1990s but most were built in 2000s. I searched to find a reason for the name but couldn’t find a place name in the UK. The name is probably from the street …

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Chaloner Lane in Westmorland – Probably named after Sir Thomas Chaloner (1521- 1565). Chaloner was an English statesman and poet. The name Chaloner Place was approved in 1995 for a legal road cul de sac. The application was never completed and the proposed cul de sac became a private right of way. These are always …

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Ennerdale Row in Westmorland- Named after Ennerdale Water, one of the smaller lakes in the Lake District of northern England. Named to continue the theme in the subdivision of naming streets after places in historic Westmorland in England, since 1974 part of Cumbria. Formed post-1997. A small amount of information from the library website. Most …

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Viscount Place in the red zone in Burwood – Named after the Viscount, a type of aeroplane. The name continues the aviation theme of street names in the area. First appears in street directories in 1972. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name. Looking …

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Tasman Place in the red zone in Burwood – The name commemorates the first trans Tasman flight from Sydney to Christchurch on 10 September 1928. Continues the aviation theme of street names in the area. First appears in street directories in 1968. A small amount of information from the library website and I can’t add …

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Moncrieff Place in the red zone in Burwood – Named after Lieutenant John Robert Moncrieff. Moncrieff and Captain George Hood went missing on 10 January 1928 during the first attempt to cross the Tasman Sea by air in a Ryan Brougham aircraft. Continues the aviation theme of street names in the area. Named in 2004. …

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Mascot Place in the red zone of Burwood – Named after the area of farmland chosen in 1920 to be the site of Sydney Airport. At the end of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s great pioneer flights, thousands of people would flock to what was then called the aerodrome to greet him. Named to continue the …

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Goodman Street in the red zone in Burwood – Formerly Albert Street. Named after Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819- 1861), the husband of Queen Victoria. Re-named Clonmel Street. Named after Clonmel, a town in Tipperary, Ireland. Re-named Goodman Street. Named after Leonard Oswald Goodman (1912- 1956). Formerly Albert Street. One of three streets …

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