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Cheviot Street – Probably named after the Cheviot Hills on the border of England and Scotland. Cheviot Street is first mentioned in the Star in 1896 in a report of a meeting of the Spreydon Road Board. First appears in street directories in 1902. A small amount of information from the library website. Papers Past …

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Dominion Ave – May have been named after the Dominion Home Builders. The building company built many of the homes in the street which is first mentioned in The Press in 1922. First appears in street directories in 1924. NB New Zealand had become a dominion in 1907. A small amount of information from the …

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Angus Street – Named after John Craib Angus. St Andrew’s Presbyterian marriage records have Angus, a saddler, marrying Janet Murison in 1859 at the home of John Anderson, Cashel Street. Angus was a member of the first Christchurch City Council in 1868. He later absconded overseas, probably to Australia, to escape his creditors. An election …

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Shelley Street – Named after Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792- 1822). Shelley was an English poet. One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council on 19 January 1880. First mentioned in The Press in 1882 when land for sale there is advertised. First …

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Beaumont Street – Named after Francis Beaumont (1584- 1616). Beaumont was a poet and dramatist. One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council on 19 January 1880. First appears in street directories in 1887. A small amount of information from the library …

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Forbes Street – Probably named after Edward Forbes (1815- 1854). Forbes was a British naturalist. First mentioned in The Press in 1881 when Anderson’s paddock is subdivided into 44 sections ”situated in the best part of Sydenham” and sold by auction. First appears in street directories in 1906 A small amount of information from the …

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St Leonard’s Square is first mentioned in The Press in 1882. Very little information on the library website. I found the article from 1882 where a section is for sale. Most articles on Papers Past mention the park and not the street. Going by QV website many houses date from 1915 and 1920s but one …

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Duncan Street- nothing on library website. I was surprised that there wasn’t any information about this street in Sumner on the library website. In Papers Past there were ads for a new house in 1910. I searched and searched but couldn’t find out the reason for the name. I would like to know more about …

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Denman Street formerly Denham Street – Named after Edward Denham (1834-1925). Denham was a mayor of Sumner in the early 1900s. Sections for sale in Denham Street, “close to Lyttelton Road”, are advertised in the Star in 1905. The street appears as Denham Street in 1906 street directories but the name was misspelt during a …

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Arnold Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1895. First appears in street directories in 1912. Not a lot from the library website.I checked Papers Past and Ancestry website. I found the same article from 1895 and it was about a water issue on the street. Several sections in the street for sale in …

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