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Longley Place in the suburb of Addington in Christchurch

Longley Place – there was no information on library website. A short street that curves around the playground with apartments on the other side. I wouldn’t like to live here as too close to the railway line. It goes from Leamington Street and curves around back to Leamington Street but it isn’t a crescent.

O’Shannessey Place in the suburb of Addington in Christchurch

O’Shannessey Place – Named after John “Jack” O’Shannessey (1900-1989). O’Shannessey was employed by NZ Rail. He was recalled from retirement to act as clerk of works when the Christchurch Railway Station was built in Moorhouse Avenue. The subdivision off 471 Whiteleigh Avenue is alongside the main south railway line so a name associated with railways …

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Lincoln Lane in the suburb of Addington in Christchurch

Lincoln Lane and there was nothing on the library website about this tiny lane. I frequently walk past this lane but didn’t realise that you could walk from Lincoln Rd to Grove Rd here as it just looks like a car park for a taxi company. It is bordered on the other side by the …

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Moule Street in the suburb of Addington in Christchurch

Moule Street – May be named after Stephen Cole Moule (1821?- 1890). Moule was an early settler. His carpenter’s shop in Cashel Street was among the first buildings in the street. First mentioned in the Star in 1912. Well that was interesting information from the library website as I didn’t realise that this street was …

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Twigger Street in the suburb of Addington in Christchurch

Twigger Street – formerly Westenra Street Re-named Twigger Street by the Waimairi County Council on 8 February 1933 . Named after John (sometimes known as Jacob) Twigger (1817- 1885). John Twigger was the heir of the Rev. Joseph Twigger (1802-1855) who purchased Rural Sections 128 & 132, 300 acres on the Lower Lincoln Road. A …

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Lindores Street in the suburb of Addington in Christchurch

Lindores Street – formerly St Leonards Street first appears in street directories in 1911. Re-named Lindores Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 street were renamed. Not much information from the library website. The former name of St Leonards would be from Hastings area in the UK but I will have research Lindores when I …

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Sarjeant Street in the suburb of Addington in Christchurch

Sarjeant Street – Named after Reginald Cranmer Sarjeant (1892-1958). Sarjeant was town clerk and borough engineer of the Riccarton Borough 1929-1950. He did much to improve the standard of roads in Riccarton. First appears in street directories in 1958. More information from the library website than I was expecting. A small street where the map …

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Vanadium Place in the suburb of Addington in Christchurch

Vanadium Place – There was no information on library website for this street. The only meaning that I could find for Vanadium was that it is an element on the periodic table and that the element is named after the Vanadis the old Norse name for the god Freyja.A business area running off Wrights Rd. …

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Antigua Street in the suburb of Addington in Christchurch

Antigua Street – Named after Antigua, a colonial bishopric, Antigua in the West Indies. The section of the street south of Moorhouse Avenue was formerly named Windmill Road. Named after the flourmill erected in 1856 by William Derisley Wood (1824-1904). It was on the site of the Canterbury Brewery which was demolished following the earthquakes …

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