Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Bengal Drive – Named after Bengal, a region in India. One of the streets in Cashmere given the name of a place in India. First appears in street directories in 1977. A small amount of information from the library website. Because this is an Indian name it is mostly likely named in connection with John …
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Eliza Place – Continues the theme used in the Aidanfield subdivision of naming the streets after members of the Order of St John Of God. Named in 2008.A wee bit of information from the library website. Eliza isn’t in the cemetery. A tiny street with modern houses and as usual in new subdivisions the footpath …
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Rosario Place – May be named after Sister Rosario Battung. Sister Rosario was professed in 1968 in Te Horo. Continues the theme in the Aidanfield subdivision of street names recognising former Sisters of the Good Shepherd Community, and place names with a strong association to the community. Named in 2010.A wee bit of information from …
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Rees St – Named after Evan Devereux Rees (1844?- 1931). Rees, a boat builder, is listed as living at 283 Oxford Terrace on the 1893 electoral roll. His house was next to the Union Rowing Club and he was the first custodian of the CRC sheds. Rees Street is first mentioned in the Star in …
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Boon Street – Formerly Smollett’s Road and Smollett Street. May have been named after Tobias George Smollett (1721- 1771). Re-named Boon Street. Probably named after C. E. Boon Ltd., bakers. Smollett was an English author. Smollett’s Road first appears in street directories in 1887. Becomes Smollett Street in 1898. Re-named Boon Street on 1 September …
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Claxton Place – First appears in street directories in 1957.A tiny amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find anything extra to add to this. Claxton sounds like someone’s surname and the only person that I could find lived over New Brighton way. This street runs off Riverlaw TceMostly brick houses built in …
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Derrett Place – Named after Selwyn Noel Ellison Derrett (b. 1908) and his wife, Valarie Zoraide Evelyn Derrett (1916- 1991). Derrett was farming at 200 Fifield Terrace in 1950 and his wife was running the Wharema Convalescent Home in Opawa. The street was formed on a subdivision of their land. First appears in street directories …
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Fifield Terrace – Formerly River road. Named because it runs along the northern side of the River Heathcote between Wilson’s Bridge and the Railway. Re-named Fifield Terrace. Named after Fifield, the home of William Bayley Bray (1812?-1885). Bray was consulting engineer to the Canterbury Provincial Council. An advertisement for a general servant for “a family …
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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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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project