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Pope Street in the suburb of Addington in Christchurch

Pope Street – Some of the streets in this vicinity were named after railway employees. First appears in the Star in 1894 when a “house fronting Pope Street” is advertised for sale. It is described as being in “Crewe, Addington”. A bit of information from the library website and will be researching this one as …

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Knight Place in the suburb of Addington/ Riccarton in Christchurch

Knight Place – Named because the street runs off Princess Street. In a development by the Ngāi Tahu Property Group. Knight Street was named in 2000. Re-named Knight Place. A wee bit of information from the library website. A small street that I was unable to walk as it was blocked by a big gate. …

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Princess Street in the suburb of Addington in Christchurch

Princess Street – First mentioned in the Star in 1883. First appears in street directories in 1896. Not much information from the library website. It doesn’t say if it was named after a particular princess or just a generic princess. Princess Alice a grandchild to Victoria was born in February of 1883. This is very …

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Moncur Place in the suburb of Addington in Christchurch

Moncur Place – First appears in street directories in 1993. Not much information from the library website so I don’t know if this street is named after a person or a place in Scotland. A business area running off Wrights Rd and nothing stood out for me here. Another street that could be in more …

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Wrights Road in the suburb of Addington in Christchurch

Wrights Road -Named after James Wright (1817- 1891). Wright farmed on a 100 acre dairy farm called Palm Tree Farm on Lower Lincoln Road. He was there as early as 1860. It is advertised for sale in The Press in 1864. It cannot have sold as Wright advertises his dairy cows at Palm Tree Farm …

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Cardigan Bay Place in the suburb of Addington in Christchurch

Cardigan Bay Place – Named after the racehorse Cardigan Bay (1956-1988). He was probably named after Cardigan Bay in Wales. Cardigan Bay was New Zealand’s most famous pacer and first in the world to earn a million dollars. Formed in 1994 on a subdivision of Addington raceway land and part of a broad plan for …

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Parade Court in the suburb of Addington in Christchurch

Parade Court – Developed by Suburban Estates Ltd. Named in 1997.Not much information from the library website so I checked out the Council report. That report doesn’t say why the name was chosen but just that they did decline the name Tree CourtMy best guess for the reason for the name is that this is …

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Foster Street in the suburb of Addington in Christchurch

Foster Street – Named after John Foster (1817- 1903). Foster was a road contractor of Riccarton and lived on the section of Princess Street which became Foster Street. First mentioned in the Star in 1897.Wee bit of information from library website. This street is now part of the shopping centre Tower Junction. The only photo …

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Troup Drive in the suburb of Addington in Christchurch

Troup Drive – Named after Sir George Alexander Troup (1863-1941) and his son, Gordon Sloan Troup (1898-1977). Sir George Troup was an architect who designed the Dunedin and the Kaiapoi Railway Stations. His son, Gordon, was a university liaison officer, lecturer, railway enthusiast and writer on railway matters. Named in 1997.Interesting information from the library …

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Whiteleigh Ave in the suburb of Addington in Christchurch

Whiteleigh Ave – Named after Whiteleigh, the home in Addington of John Terras Bell (1838-1908). Bell was a land and estate agent. First appears in street directories in 1900. I expected the library website to have had much more information about this street. It runs from Lincoln Rd and weirdly it stops just before Blenheim …

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