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Gilbert Place in the suburb of Sydenham, Christchurch

Gilbert Place in Sydenham – Named in 1957. Not a lot of information from the library website. Only one entry on Papers Past and it was that a small cul de sac off the western side of Hume St and has been named Gilbert Place. This street is between 72 and 80 Hume St. I …

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Faraday Street in the suburb of Sydenham, Christchurch

Faraday Street in Sydenham – Named after Michael Faraday (1791-1867). Faraday was an English chemist and physicist, also writer and lecturer. One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council on 19 January 1880. [It is mis-spelt in the report of the committee …

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Rogers Street in the suburb of Sydenham, Christchurch

Rogers Street in Sydenham – Named after Samuel Rogers (1763-1855). Rogers was a poet. One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council on 19 January 1880. First appears in street directories in 1908.A small amount of information from the library website. As …

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Jordan Street in the suburb of Sydenham, Christchurch

Jordan Street in Sydenham- John Street Named after William Joseph Jordan (1879- 1959). John Street first appears in street directories in 1892, running off Brougham Street. Re-named Jordan Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Jordan was a painter, soldier, politician and NZ high commissioner in London where he had once been …

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Ingoldsby Street in the suburb of Sydenham, Christchurch

Ingoldsby Street in Sydenham – Named after Thomas Ingoldsby, the alias of the Rev. Richard H. Barham (1788- 1845). Ingoldsby wrote The Ingoldsby Legends, The Jackdaw of Rheims and The Hand of Glory. One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council on …

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Huxley Street in the suburb of Sydenham, Christchurch

Huxley Street in Sydenham- Fomerly Mona Street. Mona appears to have been an early name for the Isle of Man. Re-named Huxley Street. Named after Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895).A decision had been made by the council to name the street Mona Street. Residents petitioned against this: the name had never been agreed to at a …

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Humboldt Street in the suburb of Sydenham, Christchurch

Humboldt Street in Sydenham- Formerly Jacobs Lane. Named after Jonathan Jacobs (1803?- 1877). Re-named Humboldt Street. Named after Alexander von Humboldt (1769- 1859). Jacobs arrived at Lyttelton in 1855 on the Grassmere. He and his wife moved to Waltham in 1863, living in what later became known as Jacobs’s Lane, an informal name for the …

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Hargest Crescent in the suburb of Sydenham, Christchurch

Hargest Crescent in Sydenham- Formerly Taylor Street, later Crescent. Probably named after Jeremy Taylor (1613- 1677). Re-named Hargest Crescent. Named after Brigadier James Hargest (1891- 1944). Taylor was the author of Holy Living and Holy Dying. One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham …

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Gibbon Street in the suburb of Sydenham, Christchurch

Gibbon Street in Sydenham – Named after Edward Gibbon (1737-1794). Gibbon was author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council on 19 January 1880. First appears in street directories …

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Croydon Street in the suburb of Sydenham, Christchurch

Croydon Street in Sydenham- Probably named after Croydon in Surrey, England Land for sale in “Croydon Street, Sandridge” is advertised in the Star in 1891. First appears in street directories in 1894.A small amount of information on the library website. Not a lot of information on Papers Past. Found the same land for sale ad …

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