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Kilronan Place in Wigram and nothing on the library website. Couldn’t find anything on the council website about the street name. The street was probably developed between 2003 and 2005. Possibly named after Kilronan in Ireland which is a village on one of the Aran Islands. It is another street with businesses and I find …

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Tenahaun Place in Wigram and nothing on the library website. I couldn’t find out the meaning of the name but there was a property with that name in the Mayfield and Mt Somers area. There is also a track and conservation area with that name. I also found a racehorse with that name. I couldn’t …

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Pilkington Way in Wigram – Named after the Pilkington family. The source says the family has had “a long association with Canterbury”. Developed by Laing Contractors/Calcon Asphalt Ltd. Named in 2003 A small amount of information from the library website. I checked Ancestry website and the surname was more common than I was expecting. I …

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Jeffreys Rd – Named after Charles Alured Jeffreys (1821- 1904). Jeffreys owned the 200 acre Bryndwr estate. First appears in street directories in 1894. A small amount of information from the library website. The library website puts the street in the suburbs of Fendalton and Strowan. Real Estate agents also use the suburb of Bryndwr …

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Sunbeam Place in Halswell – Named after Alfred George Sunbeam (1921- 1995). Sunbeam raised horses on this site. He was the son of Henry (1893-1979) and his wife, Helena Louise Sunbeam, née Cockle, (1898-1983). His paternal grandparents were Henry Suraj Bullie/Sunbeam (1834-1904) and Harriett, née Townsend, (b. 1869). In a Paparua County subdivision dating from …

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Shamrock Place in Halswell – First appears in street directories in 1970. A tiny amount of information from the library website and couldn’t find out the reason for the street name. I was hoping to find out that the developer / council mistakenly thought it was a symbol of Wales. Not many entries on Papers …

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Wales Street in Halswell – Named after Wales, the country. The developer, Karl Scott (1910-1997), put several suggestions for the street name to the council, all of which were declined. In desperation he said – “England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales…Wales will do”. First appears in street directories in 1960. Information supplied in 2008 by Bede Cosgriff …

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Lancewood Drive – In the Oaklands subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1987. A tiny amount of information from the library website and the street is probably named after the lancewood plant and the other name for the plant is horoeka. Very little information on Papers Past and it was mostly ads plus a …

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Syd Bradley Road – Named after Sydney “Syd” Bradley. Bradley was the chairman of the Christchurch International Airport Ltd 1999-2008. The library website said that it was in the suburb of Avonhead and another website said it was in Yaldhurst. A small amount of information from the library website and Syd Bradley is someone that …

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De Havilland Way in Harewood / Christchurch Airport and nothing on the library website. I only partially walked this street as there was only a short footpath. The street mostly just had airport parking here and airport related businesses.