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Mansfield Ave – Named after Kate Hickman Peacock, née Mansfield, (1835?-1894). Kate Peacock was the first wife of the Hon. John Thomas Peacock (1827-1905). Mansfield Avenue is first mentioned in The Press in 1899 when the street was being formed through the Hon. J. T. Peacock’s Hawkesbury Estate. First appears in street directories in 1903. …

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Dannys Lane in Cashmere. Nothing on library website for this lane. I didn’t actually walk this lane as it just felt like someone’s driveway. Going by QV website there are 6 houses here built in the 1980s. The lane runs off Kiteroa Place and my best guess for the name is a connection to the …

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Tarata Rise – Named after the Tarata tree, the native Pittosporum Eugenoides, known as the lemonwood tree. At the time of the naming of the right-of-way, the subdivision developers indicated that they would probably plant Tarata trees along the street. They wanted “a name that is clear and straightforward in spelling, sound and pronunciation, and …

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Stambridge Place in Cashmere. There is no mention of this street on the library website and I couldn’t find any information on Papers Past. I was surprised when I checked the QV website to find out the ages of the houses here. The earliest was built 1910 and another one was built 1915. The other …

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Heaton Rhodes Place – Named after Robert Heaton Rhodes (1861- 1956) Rhodes was a lawyer, runholder, stock breeder, politician, horticulturist, philatelist and philanthropist. Formed on a subdivision of land belonging to the Rhodes Memorial Convalescent Home in 1968. First appears in street directories in 1972.A small amount of information from the library website and the …

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Lady Polson Lane – Named after Mary Victoria Cracroft Polson, née Grigg, (1897-1971). Mary Polson was a politician and community leader. Developed at 64 Hackthorne Road. An existing right-ofway further developed in 1995 and named then by residents. Mary Polson had lived there. A small amount of information from the library website and some of …

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Rhodesvale Tce – Named because it was formed on land formerly belonging to the Rhodes Memorial Convalescent Home. Named in May 1980 by the committee of the Home. A small amount of information on the library website. The QV website has 15 houses here and all seem to date from 1980s. The Rhodes Memorial Convalescent …

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Sherwood Lane – First appears in street directories in 1957. A small amount of information on the library website. I searched Papers Past and the Ancestry website and couldn’t find any information about this street. QV website had 18 properties on the street ranging from 1915 to 1990. I couldn’t get information for all the …

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Valley Road – First appears in street directories in 1914.Tiny amount of information from the library website. The road is in a valley so name is fairly obvious and I can’t expand on the name.Information from Papers Past had sections for sale in 1913 and 1920 but I couldn’t find the name of the original …

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Patchett Place – Named after Sydney David Patchett (1908- 1991). Patchett, a farmer of Governors Bay, was a member of the Heathcote County Council in the post World War II period. First appears in street directories in 1972. At that time Patchett was living at 99 Kidson Terrace. A reasonable amount of information from the …

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