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Naseby Street in Merivale – Named after Naseby Church of England School, Northamptonshire. One of a number of streets in the area named after English public schools. “Cheap” building sections in “Naseby Street in the Merivale Estate” are advertised for sale in the Star in 1905. First appears in street directories in 1906. [37 Naseby …

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Hewitts Road in Merivale – Named after James Hewitt (1838-1919). Hewitt bought six acres in Papanui Road in 1872, part of Rural Section 52, from John Toft Wingfield. Hewitt’s Road was developed through this land in 1875. First mentioned in the Star in 1884 when a house is advertised for sale there. First appears in …

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Te Awakura Tce in Mt Pleasant – Named after the Te Awakura creek at Moncks Bay. Named by Walter de Thier (1883-1973) who owned the land at Moncks Bay where the creek flowed. First appears in street directories in 1939. A small amount of information from the library website. I found two spellings for this …

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The Brae in Mt Pleasant – Named after The Brae, the Scottish home of Robert Taylor Smith (1891?-1956). Smith was for many years a motorman on the Sumner tram route. First appears in street directories in 1940. Smith is a resident A small amount of information from the library website. A quick check on the …

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Rangatira Tce in Mt Pleasant – formerly part of Part of Major Hornbrook Road. First appears in street directories in 1947. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Not much information on Papers Past apart from ads for sections and houses. The earliest entry was in 1951 was about a house that had …

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Hilltop Lane in Mt Pleasant – Named because it runs to the top of Cannon Hill. Named by the developer, Cannon Estate Ltd. First appears in street directories in 1964. A small amount of information from the library website. The developer gave the same information in an article on Papers Past. There were a few …

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Janice Place in Mt Pleasant – Named after Janice Macleod, née Moore. Janice Macleod is the daughter of Samuel James Moore (1898- 1978) of B. Moore & Sons Ltd. He was a member of Cannon Estate Ltd, the company which subdivided Cannon Hill. First appears in street directories in 1970. A small amount of information …

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Hobday Lane in Mt Pleasant – nothing on library website for this street. I suspect that this tiny lane was named after a person but I couldn’t find anyone with that name who lived here. Papers Past mostly had ads for houses and sections. The houses here were built in the 1980s and I didn’t …

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Clementine Lane in Mt Pleasant – Named after Clementine Way, a street in the Wellington suburb of Chartwell. Cannon Estate Ltd., developers of the subdivision where this street was formed, also developed Chartwell in Wellington. Chartwell in Kent, England was the family home of Sir Winston Churchill (1864- 1975) and his wife, Clementine. Named in …

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Michael Ave in Mt Pleasant- Named after Michael John Wood Davis (1926-).Davis, a surveyor, was chairman of Cannon Estate Ltd., developers of the subdivision where this street is formed. First appears in street directories in 1966. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of …

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