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Church Square – surrounds St Mary’s Church. Not a lot of information on the library website. There is a well used cycleway that goes through Church Square. There is a mixture of new and old houses in the square and most are in a good condition. The square is close to the Salvation Army Hostel …

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Show Place – Named after the neighbouring Addington Show Grounds. The Show Grounds were closed in 1996. Show Place was “devised by property developer Ernie Henshaw as a precinct of high specification, energy-efficient buildings aimed mainly at multinationals”. Formed post-1997 As the library website states this is a street designed for businesses. There are insurance …

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Barrie Street – Formerly Jubilee Street. Named to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of HM Queen Victoria (1819-1901), celebrated in 1887. Re-named Barrie Street. Named after James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937). Jubilee Street is first mentioned in the Star in 1888: a birth notice for a child whose parents lived in Jubilee Street, Addington. Re-named Barrie Street …

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Kipling Street – Formerly Mansfield Street. Named after Kate Hickman Peacock, née Mansfield, (1835?-1894). Re-named Hawkesbury Street. Named after the Hawkesbury district in NSW, Australia. Re-named Kipling Street. Named after Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) Kate Peacock was the first wife of the Hon. John Thomas Peacock (1827-1905). Mansfield Street was developed through his property and named …

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Disraeli Street – Named after Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881). Disraeli was the Prime Minister of Great Britain 1868 and 1874-1880. One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham. A small amount of information from the library website. I walk part of this street on a daily basis and not only because there …

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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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