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Draper Street in Richmond – First mentioned in the Star in 1881 in an advertisement. In 1883 it is referred to as Draper’s Street. No-one with the name of Draper lives nearby. First appears in street directories in 1887. A tiny amount of information from the library website and I found an article in Papers …

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Templar Street in Richmond – formerly Templer Street. Named after John Arthur Templer (1817-1885). Templer bought 73 River Road in 1876, a large estate of 100 acres. Templer Street first appears in street directories in 1887. Made a public street from 1 January 1888. Becomes Templar Street in street directories in 1917. A small amount …

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Vicki Street in Sockburn and there wasn’t any information on the library website about this street. I searched but couldn’t find a reason for the name and it is probably named after a person. Not much information on Papers Past. The street was extended in 1960. The reserve was created in 1957 and called Vicki …

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Tensing Place in Sockburn – formerly Tensing Street. Named after Tensing Norgay (1914-1986). Tensing and Sir Edmund Hillary became the first climbers to conquer Mount Everest in 1953. In a block of 28 acres in Curletts Road between Blenheim Road and Riccarton bought by the government for state housing in 1953. The land was formerly …

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Four Peaks Drive in Wigram – Named after Four Peaks Station, near Fairlie in South Canterbury. Continues the theme of high country farms used for street names in the Broken Run subdivision. Named in 2015. A small amount of information from the library website an nothing that I can add about the name of the …

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Bendrose Crescent in Wigram – nothing on library website yet it is part of the Broken Run subdivision that has streets named after high country runs / farms. Bendrose is near Twizel and was mentioned on Stuff website in 2014. Only 14 houses here built between 2016 and 2018 and most houses are on only …

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Asheridge Place in Wigram – Named after Asheridge, a homestead near Waimate, South Canterbury.Continues the theme in the Broken Run subdivision of naming streets after high country farms. Named in 2015. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. Only 26 houses …

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Deerwood Lane in Wigram – Continues the theme in the Broken Run subdivision of naming streets after high country farms. Named in 2015. A tiny amount of information from the library website and I couldn’t find out where Deerwood high country farm is in New Zealand. Lots with that name in the US. Only 7 …

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Tenby Place in Avondale – In a Paramount Homes subdivision. Named on 15 June 1960. First appears in street directories in 1962. Information on date of naming in a letter sent to the City Librarian from the Town Clerk dated 20 June 1960. A small amount of information from the library website and the street …

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Newport St in Avondale – In a subdivision by Paramount Homes. Named on 15 June 1960. Information on date of naming in a letter sent to the City Librarian from the Town Clerk dated 20 June 1960. A small amount of information from the library website and the street was probably named after a place …

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