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Louisson Place in Opawa and it isn’t on the library website which is surprising as I suspect that it is an older street..A short street that runs from Opawa Rd to Hansen Park. THe Heathcote River one side and Opawa school the other side. A few flats that look like social housing between the school …

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Tekapo Place in Opawa and this street is not on the library website.It is a short street that runs off Butler St and has an entrance into Hansen Park.The houses all looked new and after checking a real estate website the houses are rebuilds as the original houses were built in the 1980s. Didn’t manage …

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Butler Street – Named after John David Butler (1876?-1950). Butler was manager of the Sand and Shingle Supply Company which operated in Hawford Street in the early 20th century. Developed off Hawford Road from Opawa Road. First appears in street directories in 1922. A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Nothing on Papers …

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Ombersley Terrace – Probably named after Ombersley, a village in the Wychavon District of Worcestershire. First appears in street directories in 1909.A small amount of information on the library website. I checked Papers Past and Ancestry website but no information. The earliest information on Papers Past was in Sept 1910 where some land in the …

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Hanmer Street – Named after Humphrey Hanmer (1827- 1892). Hanmer was born at Hanmer in Flintshire, England. He is listed in street directories in 1890 as a resident of Sumner. He lived there during his retirement. His brother, Thomas, gave his name to the district of Hanmer. Hanmer Street is first mentioned in the Star …

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Te Orewai Place -Named after a hapu of Ngāti Hine. Off Gilby Street. The name was selected by the HagleyFerrymead Community Board after consultation with the Gilby Residents’ Association and local Māori. Named in 1996. A small amount of information from the library website. The houses here seemed to be back entrances to houses that …

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Hurley Street – Formerly Avon Street. In a report in the Star of a council meeting held on 5 April 1880, Avon Street has been “channelled, formed and shingled”. First appears in street directories in 1880. Re-named Hurley Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. ( It was suggested by a resident …

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Bangor Street – Formerly Queen Street. Re-named Union Street. Re-named Bangor Street. Probably named after the cathedral city of Bangor in Wales. Queen Street first appears in street directories in 1892. “Queen Street, Kilmore Street East” was re-named Union Street in 1897 as there were “two other streets, one in Sydenham and one in Christchurch …

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Churchill Street – Named after the Most Rev. Churchill Julius (1847-1938). Churchill Julius was the second Bishop of Christchurch 1890-1925 and Archbishop of New Zealand 1922-1925. First appears in street directories in 1898. In 1900 the Church Trustees applied to the Council asking it to take over Churchill Street and declare it a public street. …

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Devon Street – Named after Devon, a county in south-western England. Mentioned in the source as a private road off Colombo Street South in 1880. Its formation was discussed at a meeting of the Sydenham Borough Council reported in the Star in 1880. Devon Road first appears in street directories in 1887. Becomes Devon Street …

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