Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Downing Street in Hoon Hay – First appears in street directories in 1951. A tiny amount of information from the library website and I couldn’t find out how the street got it’s name but suspect that it is a person’s surname. Because of a certain famous street in the UK there were thousands of entries …
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Cedars Street in Hoon Hay – Gee Street was incorporated into Cedars Street. Gee Street first appears in street directories in 1955. Cedars Street first appears in 1957. The section running from Mathers Road was named Cedars Street; the section running from Kevin Street was named Gee Street. Gee Street was incorporated into Cedars Street …
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Capri Lane in Hoon Hay – nothing on library website yet the oldest house here is from 1950s plus there is a house from 1960s. The rest of the houses were mostly built in 1970s. Couldn’t find out how the street got it’s name. Not much information on Papers Past. Sections were for sale in …
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Bencard Place in Hoon Hay – Named after Christian Bencard and his wife. Norway Place was originally proposed as the name of the street in 1966. Bencard Place was proposed by the developer, John Taylor, in 1967, and it was officially named in 1968. Bencard was a Dane who married an English businesswoman and then …
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I have finished walking and writing up the suburb of Westmorland. In Papers Past I found an article about the the development dated 1982. The subdivision was described as a modern Cashmere and to be an exclusive subdivision. The developers Wayne and Bruce Francis purchased Happy Home Farm from their father in 1958 and decided …
Ravensdale Rise in Westmorland – Named after Ravensdale Park, a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire. Named to continue the theme in the subdivision of naming streets after places in historic Westmorland in England, since 1974 part of Cumbria. First appears in street directories in 1984. A small amount of …
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Penruddock Rise in Westmorland – Named after Penruddock, a small village in the English county of Cumbria. Named to continue the theme in the subdivision of naming streets after places in historic Westmorland in England, since 1974 part of Cumbria. First appears in street directories in 1980. A small amount of information from the library …
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Rushden Rise in Westmorland – Named after Rushden in Hertfordshire, England. Named to continue the theme in the subdivision of naming streets after places in historic Westmorland in England, since 1974 part of Cumbria. Named in 2005. A small amount of information from the library website and Rushden is nowhere Cumbria. Whoever named the street …
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Pentonville Close in Westmorland – nothing on library website and I couldn’t find out how the street got it’s name. Most the streets in this suburb are named after places in Cumbria but the only Pentonville that I could find was in the London area. Most houses here were built in the 1990s and 2000s …
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Woodside Common in Westmorland – nothing on library website yet most houses were built in the 1980s. There are several places in the UK with the name Woodside but none in Cumbria. Most entries on Papers Past were ads for sections and houses. A pleasant looking street with lovely houses. There is an entrance to …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project