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Peer Street -Formerly Stemmer’s Road. Named after Robert Anthony Stemmer (1857?-1935). Re-named Peer’s Street and later Peer Street. Named after the racing stallion called The Peer which belong to Edward Jerningham Wakefield (1820-1879). Stemmer was a gardener of Upper Riccarton. Stemmer’s Road first appears in street directories in 1903. From 1906-1909 it appears in Stone’s …

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Siska Place – nothing on library website. Surprised that there was nothing on the library website as the houses here are from 1980s. Have no idea how the street got the name. Several meanings for the name. It is a Czech/Slovak name meaning cone shaped dumpling. Also found name on a Library of Congress website …

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Rountree Street – Named after Albert William Rountree (1876?-1931). Rountree is listed as a farmer of 47 Ilam Road in street directories of 1930. This was on the corner of Carleton Road (later Kirkwood Avenue) and Ilam Road, where Rountree Street was later formed. First appears in street directories in 1960.A small amount of information …

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Clonbern Place – nothing on library website. I was surprised that there was nothing on the library website as most of the houses seem to be dated from the 1960s going by the QV website. Most houses were brick and fairly ordinary looking. There was one large house down a long driveway that looked more …

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Straven Rd – The section of street running off Fendalton Road was formerly Cuddon’s Lane. Named after William Cuddon (1835-1924). Re-named Straven Road. Named after Strathaven (pron. Strayven), a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 30 miles east of Kilmarnock. Cuddon established a brewery and malthouse on the corner of Fendalton Road and Cuddon’s Lane …

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Mayfair St – Developed when the property belonging to Henry John Washbourne (1816-1898) was subdivided. First mentioned in The Press in 1883. First appears in street directories in 1896.A small amount of information from library website. I searched and searched and couldn’t find out why it was called Mayfair St but there was also a …

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Brockworth Place – formerly named Hagley Street and Park Lane. Named after Brockworth in England. Park Lane first appears in street directories in 1896, Hagley Street in 1902. The two were amalgamated on 27 September 1948 to become Brockworth Place. Henry John Washbourne (1816-1898) purchased Rural Section 10, 50 acres “west of Hagley Park” in …

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Broadbent St – First mentioned in The Press in 1918. First appears in street directories in 1924.A small amount of information from the library website. I searched cemetery database and ancestry website with no luck. The only information I found on Papers Past was sections for sale in 1911 and 1918. In 1924 council called …

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Bradshaw Tce – Formerly Straven Terrace. Named because it was formed between 10 and 16 Straven Road. Re-named Bradshaw Terrace. Named after Edward James (Ted) Bradshaw (1909-1992). Straven Terrace first appears in street directories in 1936. Its renaming to Bradshaw Terrace was suggested in 1966. Bradshaw was a son of Dr. John Christopher Bradshaw (1876-1950), …

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William Brittan Ave – Named after William Guise Brittan (1809/10- 1876). Brittan was a founder of the Canterbury Settlement and Commissioner of Crown Lands. He was also the original owner of the Halswell Quarry. The street names in the Milns Estate subdivision all have an historical connection with the Halswell area. Named in 1999.Interesting information …

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