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Date Crescent – Named after John Date. Date was the Aidanfield Board chairman in 2006. Named in 2006.Not much information from the library website. One side of this street seemed to have brick houses and the other side the houses had the cladding that looks like weatherboard. I managed to get a photo of an …

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Bezar Green – Named after Sister John Eudes (Lilian) Bezar (1902-1972). Mother Bezar was Superior of Mount Magdala 1946-1953. The street names in the Aidanfield subdivision are those of former Sisters of the Good Shepherd Order and former residents of the Good Shepherd Sisters’ Home at Halswell. Named on 31 January 2001.A reasonable amount of …

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Augustine Drive – In stages 8 and 9 of the Aidanfield subdivision where all the street names are those of former Sisters of the Good Shepherd Order and former residents of the Good Shepherd Sisters Home at Halswell. Named in 2011. Re-named Augustine Drive in 2012 when it was no longer a cul-desac.Not much information …

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McCullough Lane – too new to be on the library website. Found information from council meeting dated 15/04/2018. Caroline (Caro) Murray formally Wilson who is granddaughter of John Wilson Cracroft suggested names for the new subdivision based on her childhood memories. McCullough was the family name of the last farm manager to reside on the …

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Cracroft Tce – Named after Sir John Cracroft Wilson (1808- 1881). Wilson was a judge, farmer and politician. Cracroft was the maiden name of his mother who was born Elizabeth Cleminta Cracroft. First mentioned in The Press in 1902 when a report of sales of sections in Cracroft Terrace appears. First appears in street directories …

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Famille Close – Continues the street names theme used in the first stage of the Delamain subdivision. Named in 2008.The library website didn’t say much. Again a modern street with a footpath on only one side. The side with no footpath had houses which were identical and they didn’t appeal to me. Only one had …

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Kestrel Place – nothing on library website about this street but many streets have bird names in this area. Modern houses of either tin looking weatherboard or cement fibre. Very tidy houses with well kept lawns. Only one house was interesting with flowers and garden decorations.

St Florian Place – Named to continue the street name theme begun by St Johns Street. Named in 2010.A wee bit of information from the library website. A small street of modern houses with the same theme of columns at the entrances. The only photo I managed here was one that I took from a …

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Treffers Road – Named after Mark Ferdinand Treffers (1954-).Treffers was a swimmer who won a gold medal in the 400m individual medley event at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch. Curletts Road from Parkhouse Road to Wigram Road was re-named Treffers Road on 4 June 1974.Interesting information from the library website. This is a business …

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Frith Place in Burnside. First appears in street directories in 1976. A tiny amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find any information about how the street was named. I searched the ancestry website for anyone with the surname Frith to have lived on Memorial Ave but nothing. There were several people with …

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