Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
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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 – 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 – 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 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 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 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 – 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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Annies Lane – Sister Annie was an Aidanfield Board member and Provincial Leader in 2006. The street names in the Aidanfield subdivision are those of former Sisters of the Good Shepherd Order and former residents of the Good Shepherd Sisters’ Home at Halswell. Named in 2006.A lot of information from library website for a tiny …
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Manchester Street – Named after the English bishopric of Manchester. Named by surveyors Captain Joseph Thomas (b. 1803?) and Edward Jollie (1825-1894). One of the original streets of Christchurch named in 1850. The names were taken from bishoprics listed in Burke’s Peerage. First mentioned in The Lyttelton Times in 1852 when 1/4 acre sections are …
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Roker Street – Stark’s Road was incorporated into Roker Street. Probably named after Roker in North East England. The section of Roker Street running west off Selwyn Street was formerly Stark’s Road. Named after James Stark (1833?-1895) Roker Street first appears in street directories in 1910. Stark was a judge of draught horses. His address …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project