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Mafeking Street in New Brighton – Named after Mafeking, a South African town. The siege of Mafeking was the most important British action in the Second Boer War, 11 October 1899-31 May 1902. In 1907 the Tramway Board was prepared “to dedicate whatever land was necessary to form Mafeking Street”. First appears in street directories …

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Sheehan Street in Halswell – Named after John Sheehan (1867?-1925). Additional information: Streets named for significant figures in the area. John Sheehan was a member of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association and was well known as a breeder and prize-taker at the shows in connection with carriage, blood and draught horses. A small amount …

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Peak Lane in Halswell – Named after Peak Hill. Peak Hill is a prominent hill on the shores of Lake Coleridge, Canterbury. It is 1240 metres in height. Date Named: 15 March 2022. Subdivision: 42 Gammack Drive. The road names are themed for the mountains in the Southern Alps that are visible from the site. …

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Arrowsmith Drive in Halswell – Named after Mount Arrowsmith. Mount Arrowsmith is the tallest peak in the Arrowsmith Range, which runs south-west to north-east, parallel to the Southern Alps, in the Ashburton District. It is 2781 metres in height. Date Named: 15 March 2022. Subdivision: 42 Gammack Drive. The road names are themed for the …

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Saxby Lane in Halswell- Named after Miss Saxby who married Halswell dairy farmer Charles Candy. Named in 2018 A small amount of information from the new library website and nothing on the old library website. Candys Road was named after Charles Candy and I have already walked that street and practically nothing on Papers Past …

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Charlesworth Street in Woolston – formerly Charlesworth’s Road or Charlsworth Road. Named after Captain William Charlesworth (1814-1875). Charlesworth lived at Saxon Villa on Ferry Road. [There is a variation on the spelling of his surname. Sometimes it has no “e”.] In 1873 he offered to dedicate to the Heathcote Road Board, land through his property …

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Bell’s Creek was first mentioned in Papers Past in 1864 but most entries started from 1870 when there were complaints about it. The creek frequently flooded because it was choked up with weeds. In 1884 a bridge over the creek was mentioned. In 1900 a William Griffin was charged with discharging sewage into the creek …

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Edmond Street in Woolston – information from old library website – formerly Edmonds Street. Named because it is near the site of the former Edmonds Sure to Rise Baking Powder Factory. Edmonds Street is first mentioned in the Star in an advertisement in 1886. By 1893 it is Edmond Street. Information from new library website …

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I have now finished walking Heathcote Valley apart from the Summit Road. The library has the Summit Road as part of Heathcote Valley. The area was named after Sir William Heathcote who was a member of the Canterbury Association. There was an article in Papers Past for 1848 with a list of the members and …

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Bridle Path Rd – formerly Heathcote Valley Road. Heathcote Valley Road is mentioned in The Lyttelton Times 1860- 1904. Bridle Path Road first appears in street directories in 1903, running from Sumner Road to Port Hills. A small amount of information from the library website. In Papers Past under the name Heathcote Valley Road the …

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