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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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Newbery Street – Probably named after Newbury in Berkshire, England. Newbury Street first appears in street directories in 1916. Re-named Newbery Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named.A small amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find any more information on Papers Past. Found both spellings on Papers Past being …

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Kitchener Place – Named after Horatio Herbert Kitchener, the Earl of Khartoum, usually known as Lord Kitchener (1850-1916). Kitchener visited Christchurch in 1910. First mentioned in The Press in 1945. First appears in street directories in 1947. A wee bit of information from the library website and I can’t add anything extra. The houses in …

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Ford Road – Named because it was the site of a ford across the Heathcote River used by early settlers travelling from Lyttelton to Christchurch. First appears in street directories in 1906.A wee bit of information from the library website.I couldn’t find much more information on-line but think that it had been known by this …

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