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Whitburn Avenue in Halswell and too new to be on the library website. Information from the council website – Whitburn is understood to be the place where John Miln’s mother Catherine lived after his father in Scotland. That sentence from the council website makes no sense at all. It should say after his father died. …

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Collier Drive in Halswell and too new for the library website. Information from the council website – Jean Collier was one of the first New Zealand women to own property in New Zealand. It would have saved me a lot of time if the council website had her correct name of Jeanie Collier. Last night …

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Mabel Crescent in Halswell and the street is too new to be on the library website. Information from the council website – Mabel is the name of two of the previous owners – Mabel Kearns (1930’s) and Nyra Mavel Symes (1980’s). First obvious mistake is that they have spelt Mabel incorrectly as Mavel. If Nyra …

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Helen Place in Halswell and it is too new for the library website. I couldn’t find out who the street was named after. I looked at the council website plus Ancestry and Papers Past using the surnames Collier and Kearns. This street looks more established than some of the other streets in the area. The …

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Larissa Road in Halswell and it is too new for the library website. The council website said that the street is named after a racehorse Larissa’s Desire. The houses here were all built between 2022 and 2024 and none really stood out for me. There was one built from black bricks and I wish that …

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Kearns Drive in Halswell and too new to be on the library website. I couldn’t find out on the council website about the reason for the name but they did mention that the road was being damaged by anti social driving. It is possibly named after a family that lived in the area and there …

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Winifred Ave in Halswell and too new for the library website. Information from the council website – Winifred Rogers was a strong pioneering woman from Hartlepool, who became a theatre sister (operating-room nurse) in one of London’s largest hospitals in the late 1880’s before making the long journey out to New Zealand, where she settled …

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Mary Quinn Ave in Halswell and too new to be on the library website. Information from the council website – Mary Quinn came from London as a young girl with her family in the 1870’s. Mary was a very pioneering woman who due to the death of her parents at a young age carried on …

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Dalness Crescent in Halswell and it is too new to be on the library website. The council website said that it is named after a racehorse called Dalness Xchange. The houses here are built in 2023 and 2024 with some still being built. I had noticed when walking around the streets in this area that …

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Sequel Road in Halswell and it is too new to be mentioned on the library website. The council minutes said that it is named after a racehorse called Franco Sequel and was stabled at Spreydon Lodge. The houses here were built between 2022 and 2024 with houses still being built. A couple of houses had …

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