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Short St in Waltham – Formerly Elizabeth Street. Probably named after Elizabeth Wilson, née Williams (b.1836?). Re-named Short Street. Named because it is a short street leading to Te Wai Pounamu Maori Girls’ College. Elizabeth Wilson was the eldest daughter of John and Isabella Williams and wife of William Barbour Wilson (1819-1897). Wilson was a …

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Henry St in Waltham – Named after Henry Wilson. Wilson was the fourth son of William Barbour Wilson (1819-1897), nurseryman, businessman and local politician, and his wife, Elizabeth. He married Charlotte Cox of Featherston. He was in the hardware trade in Christchurch for a number of years and died in England. In a subdivision of …

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Hornbrook Street in Waltham- formerly Hornbrook Lane. Named after Major Alfred Hornbrook (1814- 1898) and his wife, Sarah Frances Anne Hornbrook, née Hewit, (1830?- 1913). Hornbrook owned Risingholme and Mrs Hornbrook ran a boarding-school at the corner of Wilsons Road and this street. Hornbrook Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1886. It is …

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Ferry Road – formerly Sumner Road, Ashbourne Road and Regent Street. Formerly Sumner Road. Named after John Bird Sumner (1780-1862). Re-named Ferry Road. Named because it was the road leading to the ferry at the Heathcote River. From St Asaph Street to the East Belt (later Fitzgerald Avenue) was formerly Sumner Road. Sumner was an …

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Port Hills Rd in Heathcote Valley and Hillsborough – formerly Hills Rd. Port Hills Road follows the lower slopes of Murray Aynsley and was once used to avoid ferry fees. Hills Road, Opawa, was renamed the Port Hills Road by the Heathcote Road Board in 1909. Port Hills Road first appears in street directories in …

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Alderson Ave in Hillsborough – Named after William Stanley Alderson (1890-1974) and his sons, William Stanley Alderson (1915-2004) and Douglas Alderson (1922-1977). The Aldersons managed the Glenmore Products Ltd., brick and tile manufacturers, 1946-1965. First appears in street directories in 1991. A small amount of information from the library website. Not much information on Papers …

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Lucas Lane in Hillsborough – May be named after Sarah Mabel Alderson, née Lucas, (1884-1966).Sarah Alderson was the wife of Joshua Alderson (1869-1956). The Aldersons managed the Glenmore Products Ltd., brick and tile manufacturers, 1946- 1965. First appears in street directories in 1994. A small amount of information from the library website and I am …

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Peartree Lane in Hillsborough- Named after a very old pear tree growing in the grounds of Glenmore. Formed post-2000. Information supplied in 2008 by Kevin Blogg in an interview with Margaret Harper. A small amount of information from the library website and I can’t add anything about the name. I was here on Saturday and …

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Stonehaven Tce in Hillsborough – In the Stonehaven subdivision. Named in 2001. A tiny amount of information on the library website. Stonehaven is a place in Scotland and I am guessing that the street was named after this place especially with a nearby street being also named after a place in Scotland. I know that …

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Stronsay Lane in Hillsborough – Named after Stronsay, an island in Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland.In the Stonehaven subdivision. Named in 2001. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name except that I would love to go back to the Orkney Islands. The …

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