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Westminster Street in St Albans and Mairehau – Formerly Green’s Lane and Green’s Road. Named after Green, a local milkman. James Green, of Papanui, is listed in street directories in 1890. Greens Road and part of Shirley Road were amalgamated and re-named Westminster Street. Named after the City of Westminster, a metropolitan borough of London. …

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Gosset Street in St Albans – Named after Archdeacon Charles Hilgrove Gosset (1851- 1923). Gosset was the vicar of Woolston 1891-1902, and from July 1902, vicar of St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Merivale. One of three streets named in 1923 and formed on land that had been originally owned by the Anglican diocese. Sales of land …

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Carrington Street in St Albans – Named after the Very Reverend Charles Walter Carrington (1859- 1941). Carrington was the dean of Christchurch Cathedral 1913- 1927. One of three streets named in 1923 and formed on land that had been originally owned by the Anglican diocese. Sales of land were made for “increased revenue for Diocesan …

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Pascoe Avenue in Mairehau – formerly Shaw Avenue. Shaw Avenue first appears in street directories in 1939. Re-named Pascoe Avenue on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Unusual for a cul de sac to be called an avenue as I would have expected it to be place. The council didn’t give a reason …

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Kensington Avenue in Mairehau – Named after Kensington, a district of west and central London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Named because it runs off Westminster Street. First appears in street directories in 1923. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the …

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Fergusson Avenue in Mairehau – Named after General Sir Charles Fergusson (1865-1951). Fergusson was the Governor General of New Zealand 1924-1930. Described as a “new” street in The Press in 1927 when land is advertised for sale there. First appears in street directories in 1930. [His surname is spelt correctly in 1930 but over the …

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Greenwood Close in Mairehau and wasn’t any information on library website either the old or new website. I searched the Ancestry website for anyone with the Greenwood surname but couldn’t find any who had lived in this area. The only entry in Papers Past under Greenwood Close was from the council in 1989 about changing …

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Manuka Street in Mairehau – First appears in street directories in 1957. A tiny amount of information from the library website and the street would have been named after the plant. There are lots of Manuka Streets in cities and towns in New Zealand. Papers Past had a few death notices and engagement notices. In …

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Te Pihopa Way in Halswel – Te Pihopa means: the Bishop. Named because it was formed on land owned by the Catholic Diocese since the 1880s. Named in 2003. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. The houses here were built …

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Cunneen Place in Halswell – Named after Bishop John Cunneen (1932?- 2010). Formed on land subdivided by the Roman Catholic Church. Named in 2003 A small amount of information from the library website. Cunneen was Bishop between 1995 and 2007. I walked from Meeking Place on a walkway and the little reserve is pleasant. The …

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