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Cadogan Street in Sydenham – Named after William Cadogan, 1st Earl of Cadogan (1675- 1726).Cadogan was a British soldier and parliamentarian. First mentioned in the Star in a report of a meeting of the Sydenham Borough Council in 1886. First appears in street directories in 1887.A small amount of information from the library website and …

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Burlington Street in Sydenham – May have been named after Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694- 1753). Lord Burlington was an architect and patron of the arts. Probably named to continue the theme of “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council in January …

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Albemarle Street in Sydenham – Probably named after Albemarle Street in London, off Bond Street. The origin of the name is French, from the Aumale region of Normandy. First mentioned in the Star in 1884 in a report of a meeting of the Sydenham Borough Council. First appears in street directories in 1887. A small …

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Matipo Street in Riccarton – formerly Cutlers Road. Ngaio Street was incorporated into Matipo Street. Formerly Cutler’s Road. Named after Henry Cutler (1834-1919). Re-named Matipo Cutler had a market garden and orchard on the east side of the road, a few chains from Riccarton Road. Cutler’s Road is first mentioned in The Press in 1874. …

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Freyberg Ave in Riccarton – Formerly Godley Avenue. Named after John Robert Godley (1814- 1861). Re-named Freyberg Avenue. Named after Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg (1889- 1963). Godley was a lawyer, writer, administrator, coloniser and public servant. “The street in the new Riccarton subdivision on Mr John Brown’s subdivision which runs off Deans Avenue near the …

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Kairuri Lane in Heathcote Valley- too new to be on library website. This street is so new that not only did it not appear on the library website it didn’t appear on the list of streets for the suburb. This street runs off Bridle Path Rd and another one that I walked in November 2020. …

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Heathvale Place in Heathcote Valley – nothing on library website so I assumed that this was a brand new street. The valuation website has all houses except for two of them built in 1980s. The other two were built in 1970s. Some are possibly rebuilds as they looked very new. Another street that I walked …

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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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