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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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Harper Avenue in the Central City – Formerly Park Road and North Park Road. Named because it runs alongside Hagley Park. Re-named Harper Avenue. Named after George Harper (1843- 1937) Joseph Cornish Helmore (1832-1920) constructed a road through his land which was named Park Road, then North Park Road. These names do not appear in …

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Park Tce in the Central City- formerly Mill Road. Named because of its proximity to Hagley Park. Appears as Mill Road on an 1862 map. The section of Park Terrace from Armagh Street to Salisbury Street was named officially in 1872. First appears in street directories in 1880A small amount of information from the library …

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Alfred Street in the Central City – formerly Pyke Street and Kensington Place. Formerly Pyke Street. Named after William Pyke (1852?-1918). Re-named Kensington Place. Later re-named Alfred Street. Named after HRH Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh & Saxe-Coburg Gotha (1844-1900). Pyke, an upholsterer and cabinetmaker, is a resident of the street in 1885. …

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