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The Crescent in the suburb of Hillsborough, Christchurch

The Crescent – nothing on library website for this street. All the houses were brand new here and all but one of them looked very modern. There was one empty section still. The older looking house was lovely and I ended up talking to the owner. The house was rebuilt after the earthquakes but he …

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Charlene Place in the suburb of Hillsborough, Christchurch

Charlene Place – First appears in street directories in 1983.Very little information on the library website. This street is divided from Leonard Place by a drain and I suspect that both streets were named by the developer after family members. There was one older house but the others looked new. One had an impressive garden …

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Leonard Place in the suburb of St Martins, Christchurch

Leonard Place – Leonard Street first appears in street directories in 1950. Becomes Leonard Place in 1979.Very little information on the library website. A very small street in Hillsborough/ St Martins and the houses here all looked new so I am guessing that they are all rebuilds. There was one where I would loved to …

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Vernon Terrace in the suburb of Hillsborough, Christchurch

Vernon Tce – Named after Helen Vernon Morten, née Downes, (1834?- 1906). Helen Morten was the wife of Richard May Morten (1823-1909), a sheepfarmer. In the 1880s Morten subdivided land in St Martins, land which he had previously farmed. A small amount of information from the library website.Mostly new houses here and they would have …

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Rapaki Road in the suburb of Hillsborough, Christchurch

Rapaki Road – Formerly Whites Road. Named after William White (1824- 1899). Re-named Rapaki Road. A very old roadway used by the early settlers as an alternative way to Christchurch from Lyttelton. Named Whites Road because White, a contractor and partowner of the Mount Pleasant sheep-run, worked on developing the road. Re-named Rapaki Road in …

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Northwood Boulevard in the suburb of Northwood, Christchurch

Northwood Boulevard – The first major road in the Northwood subdivision. Named on 2 February 2000.That is very brief information from the library website for a long street. This is a wide street with interesting artwork at the roundabouts. I had trouble seeing the houses along much of the street as there were high walls …

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Parkside Crescent in the suburb of Northwood, Christchurch

Parkside Crescent – Named because well-established mature trees have been carefully preserved within the subdivision, which also adjoins the Springwater Road Reserve. The street names in the subdivision were chosen to be in keeping with the topography of the area. Named in 2002.Interesting information from the library website and I don’t know what happened to …

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Springwater Avenue in the suburb of Northwood, Christchurch

Springwater Ave – Named because it passes over the Kaputone Creek, with springs and ponds established on both sides of the road. The street names in the subdivision were chosen to be in keeping with the topography of the area. Named in 2002.Interesting information from the library website and I would have taken a photo …

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Waterford Avenue in the suburb of Northwood, Christchurch

Waterford Ave – Developed by Belfast Developments Ltd and Styx Developments Ltd. The developers “chose names suitable for the length of the road rather than trying to establish a common theme throughout the subdivision”. Named in 2000Same boring information from the library website but at least it is easy to figure out where this name …

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