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Elstow Place – Probably named after Elstow in Bedfordshire, England.A tiny amount of information from the library website. Most houses are from 1970s and 1990s. A mixture of building materials but mostly brick or summerhill stone.There was a block of flats that would have been built in the 1970s and would have been described as …

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Hillier Place – nothing on library website. I was surprised that this street wasn’t on the library website as most houses date from 1930s. I couldn’t find anything on Papers Past under Hillier Place but found a few entries under the name Hillier Street. I suspect that the name was changed when street entrance to …

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Limburg Lane – nothing on library website. There was no information on the library website for this street which was a bit surprising as the houses date from 1980s and 1990s.There was one house dated from 1950s that sold in the 1980s and I suspect that this house was on a large section and was …

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Somerset Crescent – formerly Somerset Street. Named after Lady Henry Somerset, née Isabella Caroline SomersCocks, (1851- 1921). Lady Henry Somerset was the eldest daughter of Charles, Somers-Cocks, 3rd Earl Somers. She was an English philanthropist and temperance leader. One of two streets named after the two leading temperance women of the world at the time. …

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Willard Street – Named after Frances Willard (1839-1898). Miss Willard was an American educator, temperance reformer and women’s suffragist. One of two streets named after the two leading temperance women of the world at the time. Named by the Spreydon Road Board in 1895. A reasonable amount of information from the library website. This street …

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Howard Street – formerly Havard Street. The Spreydon Borough Council did not know why Havard Street was named, saying it was the early form of Harvard, the name of the founder of the American University and that there was a Havard, a hero of an Icelandic saga about 1000 years ago. Havard Street “between Simeon …

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Simeon Street – Named after Charles Simeon (1816-1867). Simeon was acting Canterbury Association agent and provincial treasurer of Canterbury in 1854. He bought Rural Sections 154 and 214, land in Lower Lincoln Road, and Rural Section 240, 100 acres in Lincoln Road and Riccarton Road. First mentioned in the Star in 1878 when land for …

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David Ching Lane in Spreydon and this tiny lane isn’t on library website or Google maps but does have a signpost. It is beside Simeon Park and Addington school and leads to the school’s Conductive Education Facility and I got most of my information from Addington Times. I like the Addington Times as I get …

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Blakehall Place – Named in 1966. First appears in street directories in 1970.A small amount of information from the library website and I couldn’t find any extra information. All the houses are from 1960s and 1970s and are mostly summerhill stone. A couple of houses looked more modern but the dates were 1970s. I didn’t …

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Leith Place – First appears in street directories in 1993.Not much information from the library website.. I couldn’t find out any information but the naming of the street is obvious as the street runs off Edinburgh St. All the houses except for one were built in the 1990s. They were modern brick houses with neat …

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