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Cooke St in Somerfield – Named after Frederick Riley Cooke (1867- 1930). Cooke was a tailor, socialist, trade unionist and Christchurch City councillor 1920-1930. Developed in a state housing area in what was Spreydon in 1937. Named in 1937. First appears in street directories in 1940. A small amount of information from the library website …

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Carey St in Somerfield – Named in 1941, when the tender of Mr J. L. Gant for the building of eight blocks of cottage homes for aged persons, comprising 32 units, was accepted by the Christchurch City Council. The cottages were to be on property in Dunn Street where a new street was to be …

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Selsey Lane in Somerfield – Probably named after Selsey, a town and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex. First appears in street directories in 1976. A tiny amount of information on the library website and I couldn’t find any information on the naming of the street. The street is where 130 and …

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Saskia Lane in Somerfield and nothing on library website. The street runs off Selwyn where 101 and 103 Selwyn St used to be and all the houses were built in the 1990s. I suspect that the street is named after a person but without a surname it is harder to find. In the 1920s the …

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Kantara Lane in Somerfield and nothing on library website. This tiny private lane runs off Somerfield St and it doesn’t have a footpath. All the houses were built in the 1980s and all but two of the entries on Papers Past were real estate ads. There was one death notice and the other entry was …

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Moana St in Somerfield – formerly part of Tainui Street. First mentioned in The Press in 1936. First appears in street directories in 1938. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Not much information on Papers Past and I only looked at Moana St and not from when it was Tainui St. It …

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Darley St in Somerfield – Named in 1931 at the suggestion of the trustees in the estate of J. L. Scott. First appears in street directories in 1936. A tiny amount of information from the library website. J L Scott was John Lee Scott and he had an iron foundry Scott Bros with his brother …

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Waitaki Street in Bexley Red Zone – High Street was incorporated into Wai-iti Street and both were incorporated into Waitaki Street. High Street first appears in street directories in 1916. Wai-iti Street first appears in street directories in 1921. High Street was incorporated into Wai-iti Street in February 1933 by the Public Utilities Committee of …

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Wairoa Street in Bexley Red Zone – formerly Wainui Street. Wainui Street appears in the Methodist marriage church register in 1914 when Elsie Mary Hall of Wainui Street, New Brighton married George Ellis. At the time Bexley would have been popularly considered part of New Brighton although it was outside the borough. Wainui Street first …

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Orari Street in Bexley Red Zone – Regent Street and Raleigh Street. Regent Street first appears in street directories in 1928 with the alternate name of Raleigh Street. Re-named Orari Street in 1951. A tiny amount of information from the library website. There wasn’t much information on Papers Past. The usual death notices. Under the …

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