Baronet Lane in Halswell – nothing on library website yet the 5 houses here were built in 1990. Several of the streets in the area are named after titles in the peerage. The street had a footpath and there was one house that I quite liked. I don’t usually like modern houses.
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Astor Place in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch
Astor Place in Halswell – First appears in street directories in 1995. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Half the houses were built in 1990s and the rest in 2015. The street had a footpath on both sides and the houses didn’t really stand out for me but I did like the …
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Lantern Lane in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch
Lantern Lane in Halswell – Developed post-1997. Not a lot of information on the library website. I couldn’t find out any other information about the street. I didn’t actually walk this one as it looked like a private driveway and I was surprised to realise that there were 11 houses here. I thought that it …
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Archduke Lane in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch
Archduke Lane in Halswell – nothing on library website yet three of the houses were built in 1990s and the other two built in 2014. Several streets in the area are named after titles in the peerage. Didn’t actually walk this one as there wasn’t a footpath and it looked like a private driveway.
The Stables in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch
The Stables in Halswell – Developed post-1997. A tiny amount of information from the library website and the houses were built in 1990s and 2000s. I couldn’t find out any details about a stable but this was a rural area so it is highly there were stables in the area. I checked Papers Past and …
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Duchess Lane in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch
Duchess Lane in Halswell – nothing on library website yet four of the houses here were built in 1990s and one house built in 2017. Several houses in the area are named after titles in the peerage. I didn’t actually walk this street as it looked more like a driveway than a street and there …
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Marquess Avenue in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch
Marquess Ave in Halswell- nothing on library website yet the houses here were built in 1990s and 2000s. There are several streets in the area are named after titles in the peerage. It was a pleasant tree lined street and there is an entrance to Westlake Reserve at the end of the street. A couple …
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Riverton Terrace in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch
Riverton Tce in Halswell – First appears in street directories in 1993. A tiny amount of information on the library website. It is possibly named after either Riverton in Southland or Riverton in the UK. All the houses were built in the 1990s including the one that looked like it had been built in the …
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Van Dyke Place in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch
Van Dyke Place in Halswell – nothing on library website yet the houses were built in the 1990s. The street was probably named after the artist van Dyck but spelt wrong. This street is opposite Constable Place. Only 7 houses and the houses didn’t stand out for me but most had lovely gardens. One had …
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Fuchsia Place in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch
Fuchsia Place in Halswell – nothing on library website yet the houses here were built in 1990s. The footpath was on only one side of the street and one house really stood out for me. Some nice gardens but most just had lawns.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 