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Saunders Place in Redwood – Developed in a subdivision created by the Housing Corporation. Named in 1975. First appears in street directories in 1978. A tiny amount of information from the library website. The street was probably named after a staff member from Housing Corporation as that was what they frequently did. Papers Past mostly …

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Manse Place – First appears in street directories in 1978. A tiny amount of information from the library website. A small amount of information from Papers Past and it was mostly about a sculpture by Lew Summers that had been installed in the courtyard of an elderly people’s complex. Many of the residents weren’t happy …

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Farnswood Place in Redwood and nothing on library website. I couldn’t find out any information about the naming of this street. All the houses were built in the 1990s and made from brick. The street was so immaculate that it was boring. There is an entrance to Redwood Park from this street. I walked this …

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Ashbrook Lane in Somerfield- First appears in street directories in 1976. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Not much information on Papers Past apart from a few ads and a couple of death notices. I found more information by searching for 7 Ashgrove Terrace and it is very sad. The house and …

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Stanbury Ave in Somerfield – Formerly Droitwich Street. Named after the parliamentary electorate in Worcester long held by a member of the Lyttelton family. Re-named Stanbury Avenue. Named after Stanbury Manor, in the west riding of Yorkshire this street. Formerly Droitwich Street for a short time in 1958. Several streets in this area have names …

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Cashmere View Street in Somerfield and there wasn’t anything on the library website. This was a surprise as most of the houses on the street were built in the 1920s and 1930s. There are about 5 houses built between 2020 and 2023 but they can’t have been ugly as I didn’t notice them. The name …

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Beechworth Ave in Somerfied – Named after Beechworth, a town in Victoria, Australia.Francis Stanley “Frank” Sullivan (1905-1981) and his son, James Warwick Sullivan (1929-2001), of F. S. Sullivan & Co Ltd, built many of the houses in this street in the 1950s and were permitted to name the street. They named it after Beechworth in …

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Studholme St in Somerfield – Duncan Street was incorporated into Studholme Street. Named after John Studholme (1829- 1903). Duncan Street was named after Thomas Smith Duncan (1821- 1884). Studholme, a lawyer, later became Crown Prosecutor. In 1857 he became the first representative of Timaru in the Provincial Council. He was a member of parliament 1867-1874 …

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Woodard Tce in Somerfield – formerly Cemetery Lane and Simpsons Lane. Cemetery Lane was named because of its proximity to Sydenham Cemetery. Also named Simpsons Lane. These are two informal names which do not appear in street directories. Re-named Woodard Terrace. Named after the Woodard family, “a family of very early settlers”. Named Woodard Terrace …

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Somerfield St in Somerfield – Named because it runs through the suburb of Somerfield which, in turn, is named after Somerfield House near Maidstone, Kent, England. Somerfield House was the birthplace of Edward Brenchley Bishop (1811-1887), chairman of the Town Council in 1866 and mayor of Christchurch 1872- 1873. He and his younger brother Frederick …

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