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Newland St in Hoon Hay – First appears in street directories in 1957. A tiny amount of information from the library website and I couldn’t find out how it got it’s name. It was possibly named after a place in the UK but equally it looked like a surname. I checked Ancestry website and couldn’t …

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Gainsborough St in Hoon Hay – One of the first streets to be developed in the Hoon Hay area. Families lived in pioneering conditions in small baches while building their own houses in their spare time. First appears in street directories in 1955. Further information “Brave new life in the suburbs”, The Press, 8 May …

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Marion St in Hoon Hay – nothing on library website and I was surprised as the houses were built between 1950s and 1970s with one built 2014. I couldn’t find out how it got the name Marion and I suspect it was named after a person but couldn’t find out who. I searched cemetery records …

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Kevin St in Hoon Hay -Named after Kevin John Blogg. Blogg is the son of Frederick “Fred” Sidney Blogg (1922-2005), the roading contractor who developed the street. First appears in street directories in 1952 as Kelvin Street and appears as Kevin Street in 1953. An error had been made in the paperwork and this was …

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Copenhagen Place in Hoon Hay- Named in 1957. A tiny amount of information from the library website. I assume that the street has been named after Copenhagen in Denmark. In 1957 the street name was approved for the new street. In 1960s there were sections for sale. The residents blamed the hill subdivisions for silting …

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Falsgrave St in Waltham – Probably named after Falsgrave in North Yorkshire. According to the minutes of the Sydenham Borough Council the formation and metalling of this street was completed by 1880. First mentioned in The Press in 1880 in a report of a meeting of the Sydenham Borough Council. First appears in street directories …

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Talfourd Place in Waltham – formerly Talfourd Street. Named after Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795- 1854). Talfourd was a judge and dramatist. Named to continue the theme of “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham. The streets were named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council in January 1880. The construction of …

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Lismore St in Waltham – Formerly Brotherstone Street and Leicester Street. The streets were amalgamated into one street intersected by Wilsons Road and re-named Lismore Street. Named after Lismore, a Scottish island off the Argyll coast near Oban. Brotherstone Street is first mentioned in the Press in 1884. First appears in street directories in 1892. …

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Grenville St in Waltham – Formerly John Street. Named after William John Wilson (1858?-1895). Re-named Beresford Street and later re-named Grenville Street. William John Wilson was the eldest son of William Barbour Wilson (1819-1897), nurseryman, businessman and local politician and his wife, Elizabeth. He was a gentleman of Sydenham. He died in his 38th year …

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Charles St in Waltham – Named after Charles James Wilson (1858?- 1898). Wilson was the second son of William Barbour Wilson, the first mayor of Christchurch. In 1894 “Charles J. Wilson” lived at The Grove. For many years he was a partner in the firm of Wallace & Co., chemists. About 1898 he and his …

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