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Hawford Rd – Named after Hawford, the home there of Dr John Shearing Willis (1807- 1869). Willis emigrated as surgeon-superintendent on the Isabella Hercus in 1851 and took up Rural Section 38, 100 acres on the “River Heathcote, near Christchurch Quay”. He built a house in 1860 which he named Hawford. In 1882 his son, …

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Locarno Street – Formerly Church Road. Named because St. Mark’s Anglican Sunday School (later St. Mark’s School) is in this street. Re-named Locarno Street. Named after Locarno in Switzerland. Church Lane first appears in street directories in 1904. Becomes Church Road in 1914. Re-named Locarno Street on 24 May 1926 when 21 streets were re-named. …

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Andybrae Lane – – Named by the developer who wished to honour his Scottish origins and also his father. The developer’s father was named Andrew. A private right-of-way, not a legal road. Named in 1993. A reasonable amount of information from the library website and I can add nothing to it. I didn’t actually walk …

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Reeves Rd – Named after the Honourable William Reeves (1825-1891). Reeves was a politician and the chief proprietor of The Lyttelton Times 1861-1891. He was also a director of the New Zealand Shipping Company and a member of the Legislative Council 1884-1891. He was the father of William Pember Reeves (1857- 1932) and lived at …

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Therese Street – First mentioned in The Press in 1927. First appears in street directories in 1930.A small amount of information from the library website and I found the same article from 1927 and it was about laying drains and sewers. In the 1930s there was a plot of land for relief workers in grow …

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Yale Street – Named on 29 March 1956. Not a lot of information from the library website. I couldn’t find any extra information but it looks like this short street was developed at 55 to 59 Wychbury Street. Going by QV website most houses are from 1950s with a couple of more modern houses. A …

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Rahera Street – nothing on library website. I was surprised that this street wasn’t mentioned on the library website as it has been around since the 1960s. The QV website has most houses dated from 1960s with a few from 1970 to 1990. The newer houses are mostly on back sections. Mostly neat and tidy …

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Beanland Ave – Named after John Walton Beanland (1868-1943). Beanland was a building contractor and the mayor of Christchurch 1936- 1938. Named in 1938 at the request of the Government Housing Department. First appears in street directories in 1938.A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Nothing that I can really add to this. …

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Winsor Crescent – Named after William Hinnels Winsor (1876- 1936). Winsor was mayor of Spreydon 1916-1918 and a Christchurch city councillor 1920-1925. A crescent-shaped street developed in a government housing subdivision. Named in 1937.A reasonable amount of information from the library website and nothing much that I can add. The same article from April 1938 …

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Bayley Place – First appears in street directories in 1947. A small amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find out any information about this street and I checked Papers Past, cemetery database and ancestry website. Also couldn’t find a connection to Lord Lyttelton. Houses all seem to be from 1940s and this …

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