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Marley View St – Named because Marleys Hill can be seen from the street. Marleys Hill is named after William Henry Marley (1816-1896). Marley was a pioneer architect and builder. First appears in street directories in 1957.A small amount of information from the library website and I don’t believe that the information about William Marley …

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Rose St – Named after Conway Lucas Rose (1817- 1910). Rose emigrated as a Canterbury Association settler about 1851 and purchased Rural Section 76, 700 acres on the “Lower Lincoln Road, Heathcote Bridge” in partnership with Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798- 1857). He returned to England in 1855 and died in Chard, Somerset. Sewell’s …

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Glue Pl – Named after William Percy Glue (1888-1980). A tiny amount of information from the library website. I get my library information from the section about place names. If you google Glue Bros there is more information about William Glue and this is also on the library website but in a different section. William …

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Fieldstone Lane – Developed at 398-404 Barrington Street. Named in 2005.A small amount of information from the library website and there is nothing that I can add. QV website has all the houses built in 2005. There is a huge big rock at the entrance of this lane and I think that it was already …

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Young St – First appears in street directories in 1904. Tiny amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find any more information after searching Papers Past and ancestry websites. I suspect that the street is named after someone with the surname Young. There was a Henry Young who had a business on Colombo …

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Aylmer St – May have been named after the Rev. William Josiah Aylmer (1802?- 1883). Aylmer was a member of the Canterbury Association 1851-1852. He was also the vicar of Akaroa 1851-1872. His son was John Justin Aylmer (1832-1885). [No Aylmers appear in street directories living in the vicinity of where the street was formed.] …

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Beckenham Street – Named because it runs through the suburb of Beckenham which, in turn, is named after Beckenham in Kent. Named by Captain Stephen Temple Fisher (1818-1897) after his home town in England. He and his brother, James Temple Fisher (1828- 1905), bought Rural Section 49, 100 acres in the “church district”. First appears …

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Bradford Ave – Probably named after Bradford in England. Named in 1935 when the by-laws and finance committee of the Christchurch City Council recommended that “the new street formed in Mr W. Pease’s subdivision of land off Tennyson Street, be named Bradford Avenue”. First appears in street directories in 1936.A small amount of information from …

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Fisher Ave – formerly Fisher Street. Named after James Temple Fisher (1828- 1905) and his brother, Stephen Fisher (1818- 1897). The brothers owned a large area of land in the Beckenham area. Stephen Fisher’s home stood where St. Peter’s Church is in Fisher Avenue now. Fisher Street first appears in street directories in 1903 as …

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Norwood St – formerly Norwood Avenue and Norwood Road. Named after Norwood near Beckenham in England. Formed through the Riverview Estate. Norwood Street first appears in street directories in 1902. Becomes Norwood Road in 1903. Norwood Avenue was dedicated as a public street in 1907. Officially renamed Norwood Street in 1909.A small amount of information …

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