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Hanworth Avenue in Hornby. Nothing on the library website about this street and googling it didn’t give me much information. It is in the industrial area of Hornby and runs off the Main South Rd. The main industry here was Ravensdown. There was one familiar business and that was Maryland Motors and I remember when …

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Clocktower Lane at 388 Montreal St. This obviously isn’t an official street but it is these types of unofficial right of ways that frequently become recognised streets. It is named after the nearby historic clock tower and the apartments were built in the 1990s.

Knox Lane – Named after nearby Knox Church which in turn is named after the leader of the Protestant reformation in Scotland, John Knox (1514?- 1572) Runs from Bealey Avenue past Knox Presbyterian Church. First appears in street directories in 1981.A reasonable of information from the library website except they had it as Knox Street …

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Dollans Lane – Named after the Dollan family. John Dollan (1842?-1907), a bootmaker of Madras Street, is mentioned in the Star in 1872. James Ballantine Dollan (1866?-1944), a retired farmer, was living at 403 Madras Street, where this street was later formed, at the time of his death. First appears in street directories in 1960.A …

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Williams Street – Named after Elizabeth Wilson, née Williams, (b. 1836?). She was the wife of William Barbour Wilson (1819- 1897). William Wilson was a nurseryman, businessman and local politician. His wife was the eldest daughter of John and Isabella Williams. In a subdivision of Rural Section 48, land owned by William Wilson. Williams Street …

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Fyfe Street / Fife Street. This street doesn’t exist any longer and it ran from Moorhouse Ave to Madras Street and was part of William Wilson’s land. Entries on Papers Past have both spellings and it is most likely named after Fife in Scotland as this is where William Wilson’s wife Elizabeth was from. In …

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Worcester Boulevard – Part of Worcester Street. First appears in street directories in 1993.Worcester Street – Named after the English bishopric of Worcester. One of the original streets of Christchurch named in 1850 by Captain Joseph Thomas (b. 1803?) and Edward Jollie (1825-1894). The names were taken from bishoprics listed in Burke’s Peerage. First mentioned …

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Liverpool Street – Named after Liverpool, a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. Named in 1909. First appears in street directories in 1924.A small amount of information from the library website. Huge numbers of entries on Papers Past as it seems like every city in New Zealand had a Liverpool Street. The council when …

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Struthers Lane – Struthers Lane, named after Robert Struthers of Mason, Struthers & Co. The hardware and saddlery company owned a significant proportion of the south end of Struthers Lane and were bastions of Christchurch business.Formerly Greens Way. Re-named Struthers Lane on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named.Struthers opened a small hardware shop, …

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Nurseryman Lane and nothing on the library website as it is too new. There was an article on Stuff dated 21st June 2016 about the naming of new lanes. The information in the article about this lane was rather brief and just said that is was reference to a nursery set up in 1851 by …

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