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Esher Place – Named on 22 March 1971. First appears in street directories in 1977.A small amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find any extra information. Couldn’t find anyone with that surname in Christchurch. Houses are from the 1970s. There is a town in Surrey with that name.This tiny street runs off …

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Vega Place – First appears in street directories in 1987.Not much information from the library website. The houses here were built in the 1990s and the tiny street runs off Port Hills Rd almost opposite the French Bakery. At the end of the street is a plant nursery. Ended up chatting to a local and …

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The Tors – Named after the cluster of high rocks behind Castle Rock. Developed at 118 Port Hills Road by Horncastle Homes. Named in 2006.Small amount of information from the library website. I didn’t actually walk this tiny street as it looked more like a driveway rather that a street. A modern street in Heathcote …

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Stedley Place – Named after Stedley Scott. Scott was a draughtsman employed by the Heathcote County Council. First appears in street directories in 1980. A small amount of information from the library website. The houses were quite nice here and the footpath was on both sides of the street. I only took one photo of …

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Station Rd – Short Road/Short Street was incorporated into Station Street. Named because it led to the Heathcote Railway Station. Station Road is first mentioned in the Star in 1873 in a report of a meeting of the Heathcote Road Board. First appears in street directories in 1903. Short Road first appears in street directories …

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Romar Lane – Named after the developer’s wife’s parents, Ron and Margaret. A small private right-of way serving 10 properties. Developed at 110 Port Hills Road by Texco Developments Ltd in 2006.A small amount of information from the library website. A modern street in Heathcote with modern houses which ends at a grassy area and …

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Pawaho Place – Pawaho is another form of the Māori name for the Heathcote River. The Pawaho Hamlet or Settlement was a government village settlement of 50 acres designed for workmen with jobs in Lyttelton. First appears in street directories in 1978. A small amount of information from the library website. This tiny street only …

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Martindales Rd – Named after Robert Wilkinson Martindale (1831- 1892). Martindale arrived in Canterbury about 1863 and lived in the Heathcote Valley. He was foreman to George Holmes, a railway contractor who built the Lyttelton railway tunnel. Information about the naming of this road was given in a letter to The Press written by a …

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Hamlet Lane – nothing on library website about this lane. There are two possible reasons for this name and one is that the developer liked Shakespeare especially as there is a Cordelia Lane nearby. The other possible reason for the name relates to another nearby street called Pawaho which is named after Pawaho Hamlet.It is …

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