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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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Euston St in Riccarton – Named after Euston Road in the London borough of Camden. It was the first street developed in the Shand subdivision. First mentioned in the Star in 1908 when canaries for sale there are advertised. First appears in street directories in 1908. Euston St – Named after Euston Road in the …

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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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