Author Archives: lytteltonwitch

Antigua Street – Named after Antigua, a colonial bishopric, Antigua in the West Indies. The section of the street south of Moorhouse Avenue was formerly named Windmill Road. Named after the flourmill erected in 1856 by William Derisley Wood (1824-1904). It was on the site of the Canterbury Brewery which was demolished following the earthquakes …

Continue reading “Antigua Street in the Central City, Christchurch”

Truro St in Sumner and there was nothing on the library website for this street. This surprised me as it is an old street. There were sections for sale as early as 1888 and they seemed to be part of something called Johnstone Township. As Truro is a town in Cornwall I expect that is …

Continue reading “Truro Street in the suburb of Sumner, Christchurch”

Stoke Street – Named after Stoke-by Nayland, in south Suffolk, England. One of the Sumner street names connected with the Wakefield family. One of Edward Gibbon Wakefield’s sisters was married to the Rev. C. M. Torlesse, vicar of Stoke-by-Nayland. Interesting information on the library website. Nayland St is nearby but I didn’t walk this one …

Continue reading “Stoke Street in the suburb of Sumner, Christchurch”

Raekura Place – Designed by Anna Holmes “Nancy” Northcroft (1913-1980), town planner, and architects Cowie and McGregor. Developed by Fred Blogg in 1971. Te Rai Kura means: redcliffs. No wonder this street had newer looking houses on it going by the information on the library website. Most were flats with houses at cliff end of …

Continue reading “Raekura Place in the suburb of Redcliffs, Christchurch”

Celia Street – Named after Cecilia O’Malley, née Boyle, (1859?-1923). She was known as Celia. Cecilia Boyle, a servant, came to New Zealand in 1877 and married Peter O’Malley (1853?-1920), a contractor and landowner of Redcliffs, at the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament in 1880. The O’Malleys lived at Okuti Valley, Little River after …

Continue reading “Celia Street in the suburb of Redcliffs, Christchurch”

James Street -Named after James Pepperell (1859?-1911). Pepperell, a woolclasser, was a Woolston farmer and a member of the Redcliffs land syndicate that subdivided the land where this street is formed. James Terrace first appears in street directories in 1910. Becomes James Street in 1914.Reasonable amount of information from the library website. As usual with …

Continue reading “James Street in the suburb of Redcliffs, Christchurch”

Stanton Crescent – Named after Sir Joseph Stanton (1884-1963). Stanton was a lawyer and judge of the Supreme Court from 1948. In a 145-acre housing subdivision planned by the housing division of the Ministry of Works. The land was purchased from the Church Property Trustees and the Loughnan estate. In 1968 the street names subcommittee …

Continue reading “Stanton Crescent in the suburb of Hoon Hay, Christchurch”

Templetons Way – Named in 2012. That was very brief information on the library website. This is obviously a new street and it runs between Augustine Drive and Templetons Rd which will be how it got it’s name. Only three houses here and one empty overgrown section.

Templetons Road – nothing on library website which surprised me as this road has been here since at least the 1960s. I often used to walk in this area when I lived in the area over 29 years ago. In those days the houses were only on one side of the road with paddocks on …

Continue reading “Templeton Road in the suburb of Hillmorton, Christchurch”

Neave Place – Named after Francis Digby Spencer Neave (1842-1913). Neave owned the Mount Algidus run for 27 years. He was also a fellow of Christ’s College and he lived at Okeover in Ilam. One of the streets in the area formed on land belonging to Christ’s College. First appears in street directories in 1972.Interesting …

Continue reading “Neave Place in the suburb of Hillmorton, Christchurch”