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Haddon Lane in Harewood. There was nothing on the library website about this street. I assumed that it was because it was a very new street so was very surprised to find that the houses date from 1995 and 2005. The houses were huge and there are only 9 houses here. One house was very …

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Springvale Gardens in Harewood. Nothing on library website for this street yet most of the houses date from 1990s and there is a couple from 2005 and 2008. Only 9 houses here and they are huge. Also well beyond my budget. The street is down the road from Willowbank and is where 26 to 28 …

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Swynford Lane in Spreydon – Named after Swynford Farm in North Canterbury near Hawarden. It is part of the Horsley Downs Station. Named in 1998A small amount of information the library website. Information from the council in June 1998 said that the name of Swinford Place for 19A Hammond Place was requested and declined. Applicant …

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Rowallan Lane in Spreydon – First appears in street directories in 1957. A tiny amount of information from the library website and they also have this street as Rowallan Ave. I was slightly confused as this lane runs off Andrews Crescent and I have already walked Andrews Crescent so why hadn’t I already walked it. …

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Hammond Place in Spreydon – Developed in the subdivision of Hancock’s block. In a government housing subdivision and developed off Barrington Street to give access to the state houses to the north-west of Howard Street. Named in 1938. A small amount of information from the library website and not a lot that I can add. …

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Macann Lane in Spreydon – Named after Reginald Edward Carson Macann (1919-1989) and his wife, Nola Olive Macann (1928-2013). The Macanns lived at 438a Barrington Street from 1949. In 2013 this address is 8 Macann Lane. From 1969 the Macanns had a market garden there with glasshouses. The original access to the house became the …

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McLeish Lane in Spreydon- First appears in street directories in 1993. Not a lot of information on the library website but I couldn’t find any extra information either.Every house was built in 1990s and they are all brick. Must have been the same developer who built my place. If anyone knows my place then you …

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Willis Place in Spreydon – Named after William Henry Willis (1894?- 1959). Willis, a builder, was a resident of the street in 1950, the year it first appears in street directories. A small amount of information from the library website. Checked Papers Past and ancestry website. Couldn’t find a grave for William Willis or for …

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Winston Avenue in Papanui- Formerly Railway Street. Named because of its proximity to the Main North Railway line. Re-named Winston Avenue. Named after The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965). Railway Street first appears in street directories in 1927. Re-named Winston Avenue in 1940 in response to a petition from 20 residents of …

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Dormer Street in Papanui – Referred to as a “new street” in The Press in 1913. First appears in street directories in 1915. Diedrich Wilhelm Leonard Mehrtens (1882-1952), a carter, is the sole resident. A Papanui war memorial street.A small amount of information from the library website and I disagree with the information about Diedrich …

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