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Addison Place – In the Oaklands subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1991. A tiny amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can really add. The houses are all from 1980s and 1990s and there is an entrance to Ridder Reserve here. I suspect that Addison is someone’s surname but …

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Arkwright Place – In the Oaklands subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1991. A tiny amount of information from the library website and I couldn’t find any more information about the naming of the street. It is possibly a person’s surname but I personally like the idea that the developer was a fan of …

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Calverton Place – Named after Calverton, northeast of Nottingham in England. In the Oaklands subdivision which was developed by Karl Scott (1910-1997), a journalist and developer. His father’s family had emigrated from Nottingham in the early 20th century. First appears in street directories in 1987. A reasonable amount of information from the library website. I …

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Clipston Place – Named after Clipston, a small village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire. In the Oaklands subdivision which was developed by Karl Scott (1910-1997), a journalist and developer. His father’s family had emigrated from Nottingham in the early 20th century. First appears in street directories in 1987. A reasonable amount of information from the …

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Lillian Street – Named after Lillian Anne MacKenzie, née Gahagan, (1886?-1968). Lillian MacKenzie was the wife of James McBeth MacKenzie (1886?-1970). He was Halswell County clerk 1920-1935, proprietor of Tattersalls Hotel 1935-1950 and the Halswell County chairman in 1960 when the street was named. Named by Karl Scott (1910-1997), a journalist and developer. In the …

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Nicholls Rd- Named after James Nicholl (1838- 1917). Nicholls was a gardener at Riccarton. He owned a store with a delivery round. He later moved to Halswell where he owned a block of land at the western end of what became Nicholls Road. First appears in street directories in 1912. A reasonable amount of information …

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Nottingham Ave – Named after Nottingham, a city in the English Midlands. In the Oaklands subdivision which was developed and named in 1957 by Karl Scott (1910- 1997), a journalist and developer. His father’s family had emigrated from Nottingham in the early 20th century. First appears in street directories in 1957.A reasonable amount of information …

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Oakridge St – Named after Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Oak Ridge was established in the early 1940s as a base for the Manhattan Project, the U.S. government operation that developed the atomic bomb. The subdivision was developed and Oakridge Street named by Andrew James Cunningham (1906- 1985), a farmer of 250 Halswell Road. The street was …

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Ridder Pl – Named after the Ridder family Douglas James Frank Ridder (1917-2002) was a prominent Halswell identity. He had a long involvement with St Mary’s Anglican Church in Halswell and made a valuable contribution to the establishment of Halswell Quarry Park. He was widely known as “the Halswell historian”. His parents, John Frank Ridder …

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Patterson Tce- First appears in street directories in 1976. Not much information from the library website, I have a theory about the naming of this street and it is possibly spelt wrong. There was a Ned (Edward ) Paterson who was quarry manager at Halswell Quarry. The historic house at the quarry is now called …

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