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Flinders Rd in Heathcote Valley – Named after John Flinders Scott (1876-1941). Scott, a pastoral farmer of Opawa, was a member of the Heathcote County Council for twelve years. First appears in street directories in 1955. A small amount of information from the library website. Papers Past had an article in 1942 about John Flinders …

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Stevens Street in Waltham- Named after Edward Cephas John Stevens (1837-1915). Stevens was a land-agent, businessman, sportsman and politician. He and Richard Harman represented Benjamin Lancaster (d.1887) of Bournemouth, England, who in 1850 had bought Rural Section 62, 50 acres in Ferry Road. (The early purchasers, who were still in England, and, in some cases …

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Lancaster Street in Waltham – Named after Benjamin Lancaster (1801-1887). Lancaster was an original owner of Rural Section 62, cofounder of Price’s Candles in 1830 and, later, the founder of the order of Anglican nursing nuns, St. Peter’s Sisterhood. He retired to Bournemouth and, while living there, sold part of the property in 1880, through …

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Richardson Terrace in Woolston – Named after John Richardson (1847?-1927). River Road South first appears in street directories in 1896. Becomes River Road West in 1900. Re-named Richardson Terrace in 1904. John Richardson, a tanner, was the first mayor of Woolston when the borough was created in 1893. He was mayor until 1896, and again …

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Clarendon Tce formerly River Road West in Woolston. Named after the Clarendon Building, part of Oxford University. There is a group of streets near the Radley Bridge given names associated with Oxford, England. Clarendon Terrace is first mentioned in an advertisement in the Star in 1881 and first appears in street directories in 1903 with …

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Ailsa Place in Mairehau – Developed on farmland previously owned by Arthur William Emmett (d. 1948) and sold after his death. Part of the land was bought by the government for a state housing area “laid out on modern town planning lines”. It was referred to as Emmetts Block. Named on 24 June 1948. First …

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Praem Place in Shirley- formerly Neil Place. Developed on farmland previously owned by Arthur William Emmett (d. 1948) and sold after his death. Part of the land was bought by the government for a state housing area “laid out on modern town-planning lines”. It was referred to as Emmetts Block. Neil Place was named on …

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Orontes Street in Shirley – Named after the Orontes, a P. & O. liner. Developed on farmland previously owned by Arthur William Emmett (d. 1948) and sold after his death. Part of the land was bought by the government for a state housing area “laid out on modern town planning lines”. It was referred to …

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Hercules Street in Shirley- First appears in street directories in 1948. Tiny amount of information from the library website and I couldn’t find out how this street got it’s name. I expected Papers Past to have information but nothing. I actually walked this street in May but didn’t have time to research to write it …

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Louisa Chandler Place in Linwood -Named after Louisa Brittan, née Chandler, (1810?- 1901). Louisa Brittan was the wife of William Guise Brittan (1809-1876), commissioner of Crown lands for Canterbury in 1853 and also a newspaper editor. They lived at Englefield in Fitzgerald Avenue. First appears in street directories in 1995. A small amount of information …

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