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Gatherer Street in Phillipstown – Formerly Victoria Street. Named after HM Queen Victoria (1819- 1901). Re-named Gatherer Street. Named after James Gatherer (1830-1877) and his wife, Margaret Gatherer (1837?- 1900). Victoria Street first appears in street directories in 1892, running off Tuam Street. It ran parallel with Albert Street, later Saxon Street and was an …

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Fred Allen Lane in Phillipstown and nothing on the library website. This street runs off Olliviers Road and is probably named after Fred Allen who was a coach of the All Blacks. Fred was born in Oamaru but he moved to Christchurch as a child with his mother. He went to Phillipstown school and they …

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Raglan Street in Phillipstown – Named in 1910 A tiny amount of information on the library website. There wasn’t much information on Papers Past for this street. There was a report from the Council recommending that the short street that ran between Cashel Street and Essex Street be named Raglan Street. There was another report …

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Essex Street in Phillipstown – formerly Old Stanmore Road and Gordon Street. Named after Essex, a county in the East of England. Old Stanmore Road is first mentioned in the Star in 1870. Re-named Gordon Street in 1881. Re-named Essex Street on 7 March 1904. Among a number of streets re-named in 1904 and given …

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Clothier Street in Phillipstown – Named after Samuel Clothier (1825-1889). Clothier and his family lived there for 4 years after arriving in Canterbury in 1850. Sections for sale in Clothier Street are advertised in the Star in 1883. First appears in street directories in 1892 A small amount of information from the library website. Papers …

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Elmdale Lane in Phillipstown- First appears in street directories in 1987. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Not much information on Papers Past and it was just ads for businesses. The earliest ads in 1985 has it as Elmsdale Lane. I couldn’t find anyone with that surname or a place name in …

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Winfield Drive in Wigram – Named after Denis Winfield (1899- 1979). Winfield was a farmer from Inglewood, Taranaki. He graduated from the Canterbury Flying School on 17 June 1918. In the Wigram Aerodrome subdivision by Ngāi Tahu Property Ltd where the street names are either of aircraft or taken from the list of the first …

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Orr Street in Wigram – Named after Eric James Orr (1897- 1961). Orr was a farmer of Hawkston in Hawkes Bay. He graduated from the Canterbury Flying School on August 24 1917. In the Wigram Aerodrome subdivision by Ngāi Tahu Property Ltd where the street names are either of aircraft or taken from the list …

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Olson Way in Wigram – Named after Edward “Ted” George Olson (1906-1945). Air Commodore Olson was Wigram base commander January 1938-April 1938. Named to continue the theme in the Wigram Skies subdivision of naming streets after people involved in the air force in New Zealand. There are a number of streets named after former RNZAF …

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McKendry Road in Wigram – Named after John Henry McKendry (1893-1969). McKendry was a farmer from Lyndhurst, Canterbury. He graduated from the Canterbury Flying School on 30 January 1918. In the Wigram Aerodrome subdivision by Ngāi Tahu Property Ltd where the street names are either of aircraft or taken from the list of the first …

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