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Aranoni Track in Clifton Bay / Clifton Hill. Nothing on the library website and it is a track rather than a street but the library has included other tracks on it’s website. It starts at Nayland St and finishes at Brownlee Park. There are 13 houses and two date from 1910 and two from 1920s …

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Mulgans Track in Clifton Bay / Clifton Hill. Nothing on the library website but it is a track rather than a street but the library does have other such tracks on it’s website. This track runs from Kinsey Tce to the Main Road and in early days was mentioned as being in Redcliffs. There are …

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The Zig Zag in Clifton Bay / Clifton Hill. Nothing on the library website but it is a track but the library website does have other tracks on it. The track is very short and runs off Aranoni Track. There are three properties here and one was built in 2000. It was impossible to see …

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Tuawera Tce in Clifton Bay / Clifton Hill- Formerly Victoria Terrace. Named after HM Queen Victoria (1819- 1901). Re-named Tuawera Terrace. Tuawera is the name of the Cave Rock at Sumner. Victoria Terrace is first mentioned in The Press in 1926. First appears in street directories in 1940. Re-named Tuawera Terrace on 1 September 1948 …

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Kinsey Tce in Clifton Bay / Clifton Hill – Formerly Alexandra Terrace. Named after HM Queen Alexandra (1844- 1925), consort of Edward VII. Re-named Kinsey Terrace. Named after Sir Joseph Kinsey (1852-1936). Alexandra Terrace first appears in street directories in 1941. Re-named Kinsey Terrace on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Kinsey was …

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Van Asch St – formerly Queen Street. Named after Gerritt van Asch (1836-1908). Queen Street first appears in street directories in 1914. Re-named van Asch Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Van Asch was the first principal of the School for the Deaf in 1880.A small amount of information from the …

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Whitewash Head Rd – Named because the droppings from the seabirds have made the cliffs white. The need for a road to Whitewash Head was discussed by the Sumner Borough Council in 1901. First appears in street directories in 1950.A small amount of information from the library website. If searching Papers Past with the words …

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Searidge Lane in Scarborough – formerly Pearson Lane. Pearson Lane first appears in street directories in 1993. Re-named Searidge Lane in 1995.A tiny amount of information from the library website. Searidge is a fairly obvious considering the lane sits above the sea near Whitewash Head. It didn’t keep the name Pearson for very long and …

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Paisley St in Sumner – formerly Parke Street. Parke Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1904. First appears in street directories in 1927. Re-named Paisley Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. A small amount of information from the library website. There were several Parke Streets in Christchurch so that …

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Nayland St – Named after Stokeby-Nayland, in south Suffolk, England. Nayland Street was the original road to Lyttelton. One of the Sumner street names connected with the Wakefield family. One of Edward Gibbon Wakefield’s sisters was married to the Rev. C. M. Torlesse, vicar of Stoke-by Nayland. Nayland Street is first mentioned in The Press …

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