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Durey Road in Harewood and there wasn’t anything on the library website. I also checked the new streets of Christchurch on the library website and nothing. This is rather surprising as the earliest entry that I found on Papers Past was dated 1884. The street was known as Durey’s Rd and was being gravelled. The …

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Skyedale Drive in Harewood – Named after Skyedale, the house belonging to Mr and Mrs Macleod. The Macleods are shareholders in Nunweek Estates, developers of this subdivision off 547 Harewood Road. Their ancestral home is in the Isle of Skye. Named in 1999. A small amount of information from the library website. I searched Papers …

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St Clair Close in Harewood – Named because it is a family name belonging to Mr and Mrs Macleod. The Macleods are shareholders in Nunweek Estates, developers of this subdivision. Their ancestral home is in the Isle of Skye. Named in 1999. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I …

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Talisker Place in Harewood – Named after the Talisker Distillery, the only distillery on the Isle of Skye. The Macleods are shareholders in Nunweek Estates, developers of this subdivision off 547 Harewood Road. Their ancestral home is in the Isle of Skye. Named in 1999 A small amount of information from the library website and …

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Rawei Place in Harewood – Named after Rawei Harold Hill (1895?- 1965). Hill was the founder of Becmead Industries and father and grandfather of the present shareholders. Developed at 519 Harewood Road. Named in 1999. A small amount of information from the library website. Note Rawei Harold Hill’s business was called Becmead Jersey Stud aka …

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Nunweek Boulevard in Harewood -Named because of its proximity to Nunweek Park which, in turn, is named after Henry Nunweek (1826- 1914). The property where the street was formed had been known as the Nunweek Block for many years. Named in 1999. A small amount of information from the library website. I found Henry Nunweek’s …

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Dunvegan Place in Harewood – Named after Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye, historic home of the Clan Macleod. Mr and Mrs Macleod are shareholders in Nunweek Estates, developers of this subdivision. Their ancestral home is in the Isle of Skye. Named in 1999. A small amount of information from the library website and …

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Becmead Drive in Harewood – Named after Becmead Industries, the company that owned and farmed the land for 47 years. Developed at 519 Harewood Road. Named in 1999. A small amount of information from the library website. Nothing on Papers Past about Becmead Industries and the Hill family farm was actually called Becmead Stud and …

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Napoleon Close in Harewood – Named after Napoléon Bonaparte (1769- 1821). Bonaparte was a French military and political leader. Frenchman Alfred Victor Le Roi (1906-1997) was once the owner of the land where this street was formed. Developed at 519 Harewood Road. Named in 1999. A small amount of information from the library website and …

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Le Roi Way in Harewood – Named after Alfred Victor Le Roi (1906-1997). Le Roi was the landowner where this street was formed at 519 Harewood Road prior to Becmead Investments’ ownership. Named in 1999. A small amount of information from the library website. Alfred’s real name was Alfred Victor Roi and he was born …

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