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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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MacMillan Ave – Named after Professor John Macmillan Brown (1845-1935). Brown was a university professor and administrator. His home was at 35 Macmillan Avenue. First mentioned in The Press in 1908 when Professor Macmillan Brown advertises “60 beautiful hillside sections” for sale. Macmillan Avenue was expected to be the “finest thoroughfare to be found anywhere …

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Lowick Ave – Carter’s Lane Re-named Lowick Avenue. Named after Lowick, a village in Northumberland, England. Carter’s Lane first appears in street directories in 1924. Re-named Lowick Avenue in 1933 by the Public Utilities Committee of the Heathcote County Council. A reasonable amount of information from the library website. I checked Papers Past and very …

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Dyers Pass Rd – Governors Bay Road Named after John Dyer (1828-1876). One of the oldest ways over the hills. The Maori used this way to travel to their villages and their pallisaded pa at Governors Bay. First used by Europeans as a horse track. Road formation was undertaken by the Provincial Government 1862-1863. Dyer …

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