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Neville Street – First appears in street directories in 1903. A small amount of information from the library website. The first entry that I could find on Papers Past was a death notice in 1902. There were several ads for the sale of sections in 1907, 1919 and 1920. In 1937 and 1938 there were …

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Bewdley Street – Named after Bewdley near Worcester in England. Several streets in this area have names associated with the Lyttelton family because they were formed on Rural Section 76, 700 acres on the “Lower Lincoln Road, Heathcote Bridge” purchased by Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798-1857) and Conway Lucas Rose (1817-1910). Spencer’s interest in …

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Countess Lane – nothing on library website for this lane. I didn’t actually walk this street as it was a private lane and I also had to cross Neville St to avoid a large group of about six young men who were making no attempt to social distance from people. There are only about 8 …

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Evesham Crescent – Named after the Vale of Evesham in southern Worcestershire, England. The Lyttelton family owned property in the Vale of Evesham from as early as the 13th century. Their family seat is Hagley Hall in Worcestershire. Several streets in this area have names associated with the Lyttelton family because they were formed on …

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Cherrytree Lane – Named because it was developed on the former site of Cox’s Nursery. Cox’s Nursery was opened on the site by Arthur Cox (1904- 1977) in 1930. The developers planned to plant cherry trees in the subdivision. Named in 2001. A reasonable of information from the library website and nothing that I can …

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Dellow Place – Named after Albert Dellow (1906-1995). Dellow, a building inspector for the Christchurch City Council, lived at 55 Evesham Crescent where this street was developed. First appears in street directories in 1970. A small amount of information from the library website and not really a lot that I can add. I am wondering …

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Forsyth Street – First appears in street directories in 1962.Not much information on the library website. Checked QV website and most houses are from 1960s but No 1 Forsyth St is from 1930s. It looks like this street was developed at 29 and 31 Wychbury St. I found a couple of possible names on cemetery …

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Deejay Lane – Named after Desmond Joseph Soper (1919- 1993). Soper was a builder. Named in 2006.A tiny amount of information from the library website and the date 2006 is totally wrong. I remember Deejay Lane from my Post Office days so 2006 isn’t possible for the naming of this street. Checked QV website and …

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Peters Lane – First appears in street directories in 1976. A tiny amount of information from the library website.Checked QV website and all properties are from the 1970s. As there is no 25 or 27 Coronation St I suspect that the original houses were demolished for this 1970s subdivision. The original sections in this area …

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Pony Lane and Stable Court Lane. Neither lane is mentioned on the library website and both lanes have houses dating from 1980s and 1990s. I didn’t walk these lanes as they were clearly marked private. Stable Court Lane curves around until it almost meets up with Pony Lane. My best guess for the names of …

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