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Edward Stafford Avenue in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch

Edward Stafford Ave – Named after Edward William Stafford (1819- 1901). Stafford was a runholder, provincial superintendent, premier and sportsman. He named the Halswell property he had bought in 1873, Landsdowne. Named in 2001.Interesting information from the library website.Modern houses and many had columns at the front doors. Columns seem to feature in many modern …

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Bean Street in the suburb of Hillmorton,Christchurch

Bean Street – Named after Canon Walter Stanley Bean (1856?-1949). Canon Bean was a former pupil of Christ’s College. He was the vicar of St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Addington 1892-1933 and a canon of Christchurch Cathedral 1913-1931. He was also a son-in-law of Richard John Seddon. One of the streets in the area formed on …

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Pilgrim Place in the suburb of Sydenham, Christchurch

Pilgrim Place – Named after the Pilgrim, the first steam engine to run in Canterbury. Named because it was developed near the site of the Moorhouse Avenue railway station subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1995.That information from the library website was more interesting than I expected. This street has several shops and a …

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Durham Street in the Central City, Christchurch

Durham Street – Enfield Street was incorporated into Durham Street. Blackheath Place was incorporated into Durham Street. Named after Blackheath in south-east London. Frank Hathaway Hitchings (1844-1921), a bricklayer, bought land there in 1876 and began building houses on it. He also built the first double-brick house at 63 Durham Street. First appears in street …

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Peacock Street in the Central City, Christchurch

Peacock Street – Named after the Hon. John Thomas Peacock (1827- 1905) Peacock was elected the first mayor of St Albans in 1881. He was a Methodist, associated with the St Albans Methodist Church. He may have been present at the Methodist Conference in 1874 which led to the naming of Conference Street. Beveridge Street …

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Winchcombe Street in the Central City, Christchurch

Winchcombe Street – Probably named after Winchcombe in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.Not much information on the library website and this street runs off Durham St and has the car park for South City Mall on one side and Stationery Warehouse and St Johns Ambulance on the other side.Winchcombe in the UK was fairly near Brockhampton where I …

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Marsden Street in the Heathcote Valley, Christchurch

Marsden St – Formerly Vogel Street. Probably named after Sir Julius Vogel (1835-1899). Re-named Marsden Street. Probably named after Joseph Marsden (1832- 1888) Vogel was the Prime Minister of New Zealand 1873-1875 and 1876. Named by Alfred Lee Smith (1838-1917) who operated a malthouse on the site. In 1873 Smith developed three streets in the …

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Rollin Street in the Heathcote Valley, Christchurch

Rollin St – Formerly Smith Street. Named after Alfred Lee Smith (1838- 1917). Re-named Rollin Street. Named after Samuel Rollin Webb (1848-1933). In 1873 Smith developed three streets in the Heathcote Valley, naming them Lee Street, Smith Street and Vogel Street. He operated a malthouse on the site. Smith Street was renamed Rollin Street in …

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Flavell Street in the Heathcote Valley, Christchurch

Flavell St – Formerly Lee Street. Named after Alfred Lee Smith (1838- 1917). Re-named Flavell Street. Named after Charles Flavell (1871?- 1955) In 1873 Smith developed three streets in the Heathcote Valley, naming them Lee Street, Smith Street and Vogel Street. He operated a malthouse on the site. Lee Street was re-named Flavell Street in …

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Somerville Crescent in the suburb of Aidanfield, Christchurch

Somerville Crescent – The street in the Aidanfield subdivision are named after former Sisters of the Good Shepherd Order and former residents of the Good Shepherd Sisters’ Home at Halswell. Named in 2008.Not much information from the library website. I found Annunciation Somerville name in the cemetery and she died in 1900 aged 39 years. …

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