Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Riccarton Rd –formerly Harewood Road – Named to continue the theme of naming Riccarton streets after places in Ayrshire, Scotland, from whence the Deans family originated. First mentioned in the Lyttelton Times in 1852. A small amount of information from the library website. There is nothing on Papers Past about the naming of this road. …
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Rudleigh Avenue in Upper Riccarton and this street isn’t on the library website.I am surprised that it isn’t on the library website as it is an older street. QV website has houses built mostly in the 1920s and 1930s with a few from 1980s.In Papers Past there is mention of this street as early as …
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Newnham Terrace – Formerly Allan Street. Named after Allan Scott. Re-named Newnham Terrace. Named after Thomas Olivant Newnham (1865?- 1942). Allan (spelt Alan) Street is mentioned in an advertisement in the Press in 1910. The article in The Press, 29 September 1932, says Allan Scott was “a very old resident”. First appears in street directories …
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Hanrahan Street – Part of Allan Street. Named after the Right Rev. Monsignor Thomas Hanrahan (1885?- 1963). Allan Street was in a dog-leg shape and included what is now Newnham Terrace. Allan Street is mentioned in The Press in 1910 (spelt Alan Street) and first appears in street directories in 1914. Hanrahan Street first appears …
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Kirkwood Avenue – Formerly Carleton’s Road and Carleton Road. Named after John Carleton (1840- 1894), and his wife, Ann, of Ilam Farm. Re-named Kirkwood Avenue. Named after Archibald McKirdy Kirkwood (1863?-1935). Carleton’s Road is shown on an 1864 map. The Carletons lived in a two-storey cob cottage and Carleton Road was originally the road into …
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Homestead Lane isn’t on the library website and it is possibly a private road as it is within the University grounds. Yet there are other private roads on the library website. Obviously named after the Ilam Homestead a gorgeous Historic building on University land. The Ilam Homestead was built in 1856. Edited to say that …
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Mecca Place in Linwood and nothing on the library website for this street. Houses were built in the 1970s and the footpath was on both sides of the street which only happens in older streets. Mostly summerhill stone houses except for one unusual wooden house. I wish that I could have got a photo of …
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Daniela Lane in Linwood and there was nothing on library website. This was a private lane and most houses were built in the 1990s. It is next to Linfield Park. I couldn’t find any other information on-line. As Daniela is a female name it is possible that there is a connection to the developer.
Myrtle Road and Coprosma Road and Hebe Road and Dahlia Drive and Petunia Drive are all new streets that run off Zinnia Way. They are too new to be on the library website but they are on google maps.Information from Council website. Road names have been requested by Awatea Park Limited for road(s) at Awatea …
Harvard Ave – Named after the Harvard aeroplane. A name from the old airbase preserved when the land was subdivided in 1998 to form the Wigram subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1987. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add to this. Houses are on part …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project