Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Southwark Street – Formerly George Street. Named after George Allen (1805- 1871). Re-named Southwark Street. Named after the bishopric of Southwark. Allen was a market gardener, carrier and proprietor of the New Zealander Hotel. He left £20 in his will to the City Council to form George Street. The balance was to be paid on …
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Quill Lane – Named in 1978. First appears in street directories in 1981.A small amount of information from the library website for a street that I wasn’t aware existed. Found a huge amount of information on Papers Past. I googled Quill Lane and Quakestudies had information from archaeological report after the earthquakes about a company …
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Mortimer Place – A blind alley laid out in 1873. At a city council meeting held on 5 April 1880 councillors were told that Mortimer Place has been “channelled, formed and shingled”. First appears in street directories in 1885. A small amount of information from the library website. The earliest information I could find on …
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Eaton Place- The first sale of land adjoining Eaton Place was on 11 April 1874. The land belonged to Thomas Maberly Hassal (1834- 1879), a merchant. He and other residents of the street paid towards the formation of the street. In 1876 a petition signed by several ratepayers was received, asking that the street be …
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Allen Street – Named after George Allen (1805-1871). Allen, a market gardener and carrier, owned the New Zealander Hotel. His widow, Lizzie, née Westwood, (1826- 1910) married John Etherden Coker (1832- 1894) in 1872 and he built Coker’s Hotel (demolished 2011 following earthquake damage) on the land she had inherited from her first husband. Allen …
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Rope Street – Formerly Lyttelton Street. Named at the request of the residents to honour the visit to Christchurch of George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton (1817-1876), in 1868. Re-named Stafford Street. Probably named after Edward William Stafford (1819-1901). Re-named Truro Street. Named after Truro, a cathedral town in Cornwall. Re-named Rope Street. Lyttelton Street …
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Barrington Street – Formerly Wilderness Road. Named after Wilderness, the home there of John Parker Marshman (1823-1913). Re-named Barrington Street. Named after the maiden name of Louisa Edith Simeon, née Barrington, (1790- 1847), mother of Captain Charles Simeon (1816- 1867). She was the daughter and heir of Sir Fitzwilliam Barrington (1755- 1832), 10th Baronet Barrington …
Lyttelton Street – Named after the Lyttelton family. From Lincoln Road to Edinburgh Street was formerly Hellewell Street. Named after James Henry Hellewell (1848-1919). Several streets in this area have names associated with the Lyttelton family because they were formed on Rural Section 76, 700 acres on the “Lower Lincoln Road, Heathcote Bridge” purchased by …
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Mountfort Street – Named after Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort (1825- 1898). Mountfort was an architect. Named in 1960.A small amount of information from the library website. To say that Mountfort was an architect is an understatement. Benjamin Mountfort would be one of our best architects. He was born in Birmingham and arrived in New Zealand on …
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Dobson Street – Named after Arthur Dobson (1841-1934). Dobson was city engineer for Christchurch and also a surveyor, geologist and explorer. Developed in a Government housing subdivision. Name submitted by A. Tyndall, Director of Housing Construction, at the suggestion of the Canterbury Centennial Historical Committee. Named in 1938. First appears in street directories in 1941. …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project