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James MacKenzie Drive in Halswell and it is too new to be on the library website or street view. Information from the Council website – James McBeath MacKenzie (1886-1970) was chairman of the Halswell County Council for a number of years and served in other administrative roles in the Halswell and Spreydon communities. He owned …

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Sutherlands Road in Halswell – Named after a man named Sutherland who rented land from Cracroft Wilson. First mentioned in The Press in 1877. First appears in street directories in 1898. Donald Sutherland is a resident. A small amount of information from the library website. Note the information that Donald Sutherland is a resident is …

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Glendore Drive in Halswell and it is too new for the library website or street view. A small amount of information from the council website. Glendore is the name of the farm that was previously on the development site and is the developers name for the subdivision. I have thoroughly searched and I can’t find …

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Storr Close in Halswell and the street is too new for the library website or google maps street view. Reasonable amount of information from the council website. Edmund Storr Halswell (1790 – 1874), born Edmund Storr Haswell, was an English barrister. He came to New Zealand on behalf of the New Zealand Company and lived …

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Eccles Place in Halswell. This street is too new for library website or google maps. Some houses have been built but most are still in the process of being built. Surprising for a street of this type it has a footpath on both sides of the street. No one living on this street yet. Information …

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Beamsgate Road and too new for the library website. Information from the council website – Beamsgate Road – an old flower, gift and craft supply shop that was located in Sutherlands Road for many years until c2000. It was operated by the resident owner and her husband and was well known and frequented by the …

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Welsh Road in Halswell and too new for the library website. From the Council website – Welsh Road named after Miss Gabrielle Patricia Welsh, a local identity who lived in Sutherlands Road in the adjoining property to Halswell Downs, with her brother for 80 years, and who in January 2002 received a Member of the …

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Bunz Road in Halswell – this street is too new to be on the library website and I thought that the library would have added new streets with their recent update but they haven’t. Not impressed with the recent update to the street information on the library website. I did get a reasonable amount of …

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Repton Street in Merivale – Named after Repton School in Derbyshire. One of a number of streets in the area named after English public schools. First appears in the Star in 1905 when “cheap building sections” in Repton Street are advertised for sale. First appears in street directories in 1910. A small amount of information …

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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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