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Emlyn Place in Avondale – In a Paramount Homes subdivision. 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 tiny amount of information from the library website. The street is mostly likely named after a place in Wales …

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Landy St in Dallington – Named after John Landy (1930-). Landy was an Australian athlete and the second man to break the four-minute mile. In a group of streets named after athletes. Named in 1955. A small amount of information from the library website and not much that I can add about the name of …

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Moyna Ave in Dallington – Named after Moyna Coulter, née Foster, (1937- ).Moyna Coulter’s father, John Foster, was a draughtsman at the Lands & Survey Department in 1947, the year the street name was approved. He was later Town Planning officer at Christchurch City Council. First appears in street directories in 1957. Information supplied in …

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Porritt Place in Dallington Red Zone – Named after Arthur Espie Porritt (1900- 1994). Porritt was an athlete and an Olympic Games administrator in 1960. In a group of streets named after athletes. Named in 1960. A small amount of information from the library website. There is a Wikipedia page for Arthur Porritt. I found …

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Lovelock St in Dallington – Named after Jack Lovelock (1910- 1949). Lovelock was a New Zealand runner who once held the world mile record and competed in the Olympics in Berlin in 1936. While at school he was head prefect at Timaru Boys’ High School. In a group of streets named after athletes. Named in …

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Snell Place in Dallington Red Zone – Named after Sir Peter Snell (1938- ).Snell was an athlete. In a group of streets named after athletes. Named in 1960. A small amount of information from the library website. Note Peter Snell died in December 2019 in the US and there is a Wikipedia page for him. …

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Wrey Jury Lane in Dallington – Named after Wrey Hamilton Jury (1917-2003). Jury was a former longstanding owner and local identity. He was enrolled at the Sumner School for Deaf Children in 1926. Developed in 2005 by Horncastle Homes. A small amount of information from the library website. I checked the Ancestry website and Wrey …

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Rimu St in Riccarton – formerly Rimu Road. Named after the rimu, a New Zealand native tree.Named to commemorate the Deans families’ efforts to conserve the native forest trees in Riccarton. The naming was also designed to showcase the Maori names of trees. Rimu Road appears on a 1912 map. Rimu Street first appears in …

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Titoki St in Riccarton – Named after the titoki tree, native to New Zealand. The name continues the theme of street names in Riccarton which commemorate the Deans families’ efforts to conserve the native forest trees in Riccarton. The naming was also designed to perpetuate the Maori names of plants. Described in 1938 as being …

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Kennaway Road in Woolston – Named after the Kennaway family. William Kennaway (1796-1868) bought Rural Section 122, 100 acres on the “South bank Heathcote River near Steam-wharf”. His sons, William Kennaway (1832-1918) and Laurence James Kennaway (1834-1904) emigrated on the Canterbury, arriving on 31 October 1851. Their younger brother, Walter Kennaway (1835-1920), arrived in 1853. …

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