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Claude Hendry Lane – Named after Claude Benjamin Hendry (1901- 1960) Hendry was the land owner at one stage. First appears in street directories in 1983. A small amount of information from the library website.I actually decided not to walk this one as it looked more like a private driveway and it led to about …

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Sefton Place formerly Sefton Street – Sefton Street first appears in street directories in 1947. Becomes Sefton Place in 1987.Kinver Place – Named in 1966. The library website had very little information. Both streets looked like they had old Housing Corp houses on them. Sefton Place had some brand new houses that were really small …

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Wilmer Street – Named after George Wilmer (1816-1904). Wilmer imported horses and cattle, leased Packer’s brewery and founded the Christchurch Veterans’ Cricket Club. He lived in Durham Street near where this street was developed. In 1903, he was supposedly the oldest cricketer in the world. A reasonable amount of information from the library website. A …

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Walker Street – Taken over by the council as a public street in 1877. That was boring information from the library website. This street only has businesses on it and they are mostly all connected to the vehicle industry. Couldn’t find any extra information on Papers Past or Ancestry website. Found a couple of men …

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Orbell Street – formerly Harper Street. Harper was the first Bishop of Christchurch and the second Primate of New Zealand. Re-named Orbell Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Orbell was the vicar at various times of several Anglican parishes in Christchurch. [This was a residential zone (railwaymen’s cottages etc.) until the …

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Sydney Street – formerly Little Simeon Street – May be named after Sir Philip Sydney (1554- 1586). Little Simeon Street first appears in street directories in 1903 as a “blind street off the right side of Selwyn Street”. Re-named Sydney Street in 1913 when it was extended further towards Simeon Street. Sir Philip Sydney was …

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Garnett Ave – First appears in street directories in 1938. This is all that the library website had about the street. A small wee cul de sac with a croquet club at the end of it. Really nice houses here. No information on Papers Past about naming of this street. There are two possible reasons …

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Bolton Ave – Named in 1921 and this is all the information that the library website had about the street. The man who was the original owner of the property that I have just sold used to live on this street. A nice private wee street but too close to Brougham St for my liking …

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Everard Street – First mentioned in The Press in 1913. Part of the street disappeared when Barrington Mall was developed. Video Village of Barrington incorporated the Everard Street sign and original power pole in their shop development. A small amount of information from the library website. The Video Village shop is no longer there. This …

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Athelstan Street – Probably named after Athelstan (c.895- 939) – Athelstan was the first king of all England, and Alfred the Great’s grandson. Athelstan Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1913 when 32 sections in Spreydon were auctioned. A small amount of information from the library website. Barrington Mall is one side and …

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