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Rollesby St in Hoon Hay – Named after Rollesby, a village and parish in Norfolk, England. Edmund Henry Ensor (1840-1884) emigrated from Rollesby to Lyttelton in 1860. The street was formed on land which had been farmed by his descendants from 1911. Named on 29 March 1956. First appears in street directories in 1964. A …

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Northaw St in Hoon Hay – Probably named after Northaw, a village in the Welwyn Hatfield district of Hertfordshire, England. First appears in street directories in 1964. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. Not much information on Papers Past. It …

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Greta Place in Hoon Hay – Named after the Greta stream which is some miles north of Motunau. In a subdivision where the streets are named after rivers or properties in North Canterbury. Named in 1959. First appears in street directories in 1966. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that …

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Chevy Place in Hoon Hay – Named on 29 March 1956. First appears in street directories in 1964. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Very little information on Papers Past and it was mostly ads. It was possibly named after the chevy car but the word also means harass, nag or torment. …

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Barossa Lane in Hoon Hay – nothing on library website yet the houses here were built in 1990s. Possibly named after the Barossa Valley in South Australia. Wikipedia states that that it is a German word spelt incorrectly and was named after the Battle of Barrosa yet the battle was in Spain. It is a …

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Victors Road in Hoon Hay – First appears in street directories in 1957. A tiny amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find out the reason for the name but highly likely that it was named after a person with the name Victor. I checked Ancestry website but didn’t find anything. Not a …

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Samuel St in Hoon Hay – First appears in street directories in 1953. A tiny amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find out how the street got it’s name and it was possibly a person’s name. I checked Ancestry website and cemetery database with no luck. Not much information on Papers Past …

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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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