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Moa Place in the Central City- At a meeting of the city council held on 21 October 1872, a letter was received from John Emanuel Anthony (1817?-1887) handing over the private roadway on behalf of residents and requesting it be named Moa Place. First appears in street directories in 1883.A small amount of information from …

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Melrose Street in Central City- formerly New Road and New Street. Named New Road in 1872 at the request of the residents. Patrick Street was another suggestion. Re-named Melrose Street in 1891 at the request of the residents. First appears in street directories in 1894.A small amount of information from the library website and I …

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Aberdeen Street in Central City- Formerly Taylor’s Lane. Named after George James Taylor (1841?-1934). Re-named Aberdeen Street. Taylor’s Lane first appears in the Star in a report of a meeting of the city council in 1879 and also appears on an 1879 map. At another council meeting held on 5 April 1880 it is reported …

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Lillys Lane in Central City. Nothing on the library website and I suspect that it isn’t an official lane. The street sign also didn’t look like an official street sign. I didn’t walk down it as it just seemed to lead to the back of a hotel on Montreal St but the sign was on …

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Ely Street in the Central City- formerly Princess Street and Salisbury Grove. Named after an English cathedral city in Cambridgeshire. Princess Street and Salisbury Grove were amalgamated to form Ely Street in 1909. [In 1898 a petition from the residents of Salisbury Grove had been received by the City Council asking that the name be …

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Otley Street in Central City- formerly New Street, North Street and Clyde Street. Named after Henry John Otley (1863- 1939). North Street was re-named Clyde Street in 1883. Residents requested the change because there was another North Street. The street was also taken over by the city council in 1883. Re-named Otley Street on 1 …

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Airedale Place in the Central City- formerly Gosling’s right-of-way and Gosling’s Lane. Formerly Goslings Lane. Named after Joseph Gosling (1792?-1883). Re-named Airedale Place. William Gosling (1820- 1900) and his family arrived on the Randolph in 1850. His father, Joseph Gosling, a blacksmith, and his sister, Mary, arrived in 1863. William Gosling bought land for them …

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Westwood Tce in the Central City- formerly Davis’ right-of way and Davis Lane. Re-named Westwood Terrace. May be named after Elizabeth, known as Lizzie Hurd, née Westwood, (1826- 1910). A report in the Star of a city council meeting held on 5 April 1880 says Davis’ right-of-way has been “channelled, formed and shingled”. Davis Lane …

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Salisbury Street in the Central City- Named after the English bishopric of Salisbury. 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 in The Lyttelton Times in 1858 when land for …

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Peterborough Street in the Central City – Named after the bishopric of Peterborough in England. One of the original streets of Christchurch named in 1850 by Captain Joseph Thomas (b. 1803?) and Edward Jollie (1825-1894) in March 1850. The names were taken from bishoprics listed in Burke’s Peerage. First mentioned in The Lyttelton Times in …

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