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Ruskin Street – Named after John Ruskin (1819-1900). Ruskin was an artist, scientist, poet, environmentalist, philosopher, and the preeminent art critic of his day. One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham. A small amount of information on the library website. Only one street this morning as I slept in. I …

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Burke Street – formerly Livingstone Street and Hanover Street and were incorporated into Burke Street. Livingstone was an explorer, missionary and philosopher. Livingstone Street east of Antigua Street was renamed Burke Street. Burke was a British orator, philosopher and politician. Livingstone Street was renamed Hanover Street on 7 March 1904. This was incorporated into Burke …

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Spencer Street formerly Spenser Street. Named after Edmund Spenser (1552?-1599). Spenser was a poet best known for his epic poem, The Faerie Queen. Named to continue the theme of “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham. Intended to be named Spenser Street but is named Spencer Street when it first appears in street …

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Lester Lane – formerly Part of Lowe Street, from the railway line to Deans Avenue. Also Lester Street. Named after Roy Stanley Lester (1911-2000). Lester was a Riccarton Borough councillor 1959-1989 and deputy-mayor 1968- 1989. He was also a boxing personality. A small amount of information from the library website. A short street with the …

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Selwyn Street – Named after George Augustus Selwyn (1809- 1878). Selwyn was the first Bishop of New Zealand 1841-1868 and later Bishop of Lichfield 1868- 1878. The library website information was brief for a long street that is also an old street. I walked this street yesterday and started from the Beckenham end. There are …

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Strickland Street – formerly Old Christchurch Road -Probably named after Agnes Strickland (1796- 1874). Old Christchurch Road appears on an 1879 map but never in street directories. Strickland Street is one of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council on 19 January 1880. …

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Lincoln Rd – Named after Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham Clinton, Earl of Lincoln 1811-1851 and 5th Duke of Newcastle from 1851 (1811- 1864). The earl was a foundation member of the Canterbury Association in 1848 and from 1851 a member of the management committee. In addition he was Godley’s friend and patron. That was a …

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Jack Hinton Drive – Named after John Daniel “Jack” Hinton (1909- 1997) – Hinton served in the Middle East and in Greece during World War II and won the Victoria Cross. Rugby league identity Bill Whitehead suggested the street name. The street goes past what was Rugby League Park and Addington Park of which Hinton …

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Anderson Street -Some of the streets in the vicinity of the Addington Railway Workshops were named after railway employees. First mentioned in The Press in 1878 when sections in “the great township of Crewe” are advertised for sale. First appears in street directories in 1910.A bit of information from the library website and I plan …

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