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Thackeray Place and Thackeray Street – formerly Thackeray Street Named after William Makepeace Thackeray (1811- 1863). Thackeray was a novelist and essayist. 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. Developed on land owned by Harman and Stevens, …

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Walpole St – Named after Horace Walpole (1717-1797). Walpole was author of the first Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto. 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 1887.A small amount of …

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Shakespeare Rd in Waltham- Named after William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Shakespeare was a playwright. 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 1887.A small amount of information from the library website and nothing …

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Dewsbury Lane in Sydenham – Little Queen Street and Dewsbury’s Lane. Named after Benjamin Dewsbury (1801?- 1886). Little Queen Street is mentioned in the Star in 1879 and appears there as late as 1909. Dewsbury was a Methodist lay preacher. He arrived in Canterbury in 1863. Dewsbury’s Lane is described in The Press in 1882 …

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Wordsworth Street in Sydenham – formerly Fourth Street and Foster’s Road. Gladstone Street was incorporated into Wordsworth Street. Formerly Fourth Street. The streets south of, and parallel to, Moorhouse Avenue were named in numerical order. Foster’s Road is another early informal name. Re-named Wordsworth Street. Named after William Wordsworth (1770-1850). Gladstone Street was named after …

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Lyndon St in Riccarton- Formerly Marlborough Street. Named after the New Zealand province of Marlborough. Re-named Lyndon Street. Marlborough Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1899 when sections are advertised for sale there. One of a group of streets named after places in central New Zealand. First appears in street directories in 1904. …

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Peverel St in Riccarton – Paton Street, Sackville Street, Stamford Street were amalgamated into Peverel Street. Euston Place was incorporated into Peverel Street. Named after Hatfield Peverel in Essex England. It was the birthplace of Edward Mulcock (1837- 1915). He also named his home in Flaxton, North Canterbury, Peverel Place. Deposit Plan 2052 dated 1904 …

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Dallas St in Riccarton- Formerly Edward Street. Named after Edward Mulcock (1837- 1915). Re-named Dallas Street. Named after William Dallas Bean (1865-1955). Edward Street first appears in street directories in 1908. Mulcock owned the land where this street was formed. Re-named Dallas Street on 27 September 1948. Bean, a teacher of Southbrook, married firstly, in …

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Tara St in Riccarton- First appears in street directories in 1943. Not much information on the library website,This is a tiny street that runs from Shand Crescent to Paeroa Reserve. Papers Past had sections for sale in 1940 and 1941 and described as being part of Deans Estate. I thought that Tara was possibly a …

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Burdale St – Alma Street, from Clarence Street to Picton Avenue, and Washbourne Street, formed off Mandeville Street. Formerly Alma Street and Washbourne Street. Washbourne Street was named after Henry John Washbourne (1816- 1898). Re-named Burdale Street. Probably named after Burdale, North Yorkshire, England. Alma Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1901 when …

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