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Shand Crescent in Riccarton- Named after John Shand (1805- 1874). Shand arrived in Canterbury in 1851 on the Isabella Hercus. His block of land, 100 acres, Rural Section 95, ran from Riccarton Road to Blenheim Road and from Division Street to Wharenui Road. He named his home Avon Lodge. This was demolished when the street …

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Rudds Road in Linwood and I was really surprised that this street isn’t on the library website as it is an older street. I searched Papers Past and ancestry website. The earliest mention that I could find on Papers Past was in 1905 when it was mentioned by the council when talking about a reserve …

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Glengyle Place in Linwood and this street isn’t on the library website. There are only 8 houses here and they were all built in 2000. Must be the same developer who built some of the houses on Rudds Road as the designs are similar. Modern houses with an older look and it actually works. Looked …

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Englefield Road – Named after Charles William Englefield (1859- 1937). Englefield and his family leased land on the corner of North Road and what became Englefield Road from the Church Property Trustees. First appears in street directories in 1962.Interesting information from the library website. This street was obviously older as the houses were older with …

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Crombie Green – Developed by Belfast Developments Ltd and Styx Developments Ltd. The developers “chose names suitable for the length of the road rather than trying to establish a common theme throughout the subdivision”. Named in 2000.Again the library website didn’t have much information. There is at least two businessmen in Christchurch with the surname …

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Bayliss Close – Named after Bayliss Nurseries. Bayliss Nurseries had existed on the site for many years and its land was subdivided to form the street. Developed by the Freeman Partnership. The streets in the subdivision are named after varieties of fruit and personalities associated with the orchard. Named on 6 September 2000.Same information from …

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Amamoor Street -Developed by Belfast Developments Ltd and Styx Developments Ltd. The developers “chose names suitable for the length of the road rather than trying to establish a common theme throughout the subdivision”. Named in 2000.Information from library website doesn’t actually give much information. I googled the name and there is a place called Amamoor …

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Millhill Lane is in Huntsbury and there was nothing on the library website about this street. It was a short private lane with very flash houses. I will have to research to see if there was a mill here.

Hansons Lane – Named after John Edward Hanson (1840-1920). Hanson opened the Riccarton Store in 1869 on the corner of Riccarton Road and the present Hansons Lane. First appears in street directories in 1903.A small amount of information from the library website. This is a long and wide street for a street that is called …

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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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