Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Morven Tce in Huntsbury – Probably named after Morven, a mountain in Caithness in the Highland region of Scotland. There is also a Morven in Aberdeenshire. First appears in street directories in 1981. A small amount of information from the library website. There is also an area called Morven in South Canterbury. Only 6 houses …
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Kenmure Drive in Huntsbury – Continues the theme in the Broad Oaks subdivision of naming streets after English villages and localities. Named in 1998. A tiny amount of information from the library website and the library and the council have managed to insult every Scottish person with that one sentence. Kenmure isn’t in England and …
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Millway Place in Huntsbury – Continues the theme in the subdivision of naming streets after English place names. Named in 1998. A tiny amount of information from the library website and not sure which Millway it is named after in the UK as Millway just seems to be the name of a few suburbs in …
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Old Barrow Heights in Huntsbury and nothing on library website for this street. Couldn’t find a reason for the name and there isn’t really a place name of Old Barrow in the UK yet they have used UK place names for the surrounding streets. Most houses here were built between 2010 and 2018 and a …
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Bolt Place – Named after George Bolt (1893-1963).Bolt was an aviator, aeronautical engineer and military leader. Several streets and aviation-related facilities in various New Zealand cities are named after him. Street named because of its proximity to Christchurch International Airport. A small amount of information from the library website and they put the street into …
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Ron Guthrey Road – Named after Albert Ronald Guthrey (1916- 2008). Guthrey was mayor of Christchurch 1968-1971. First appears in street directories in 1991. A small amount of information from the library website and they put this street in the airport zone as did many of the businesses here. Lots of rental car businesses here …
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Ivan Jamieson Place – Named after Andrew Ivan Robert Jamieson (1921-2005). Jamieson was the manager of Christchurch International Airport 1958-1975. He later served on the airport board into the 1990s. First appears in street directories in 1995. A small amount of information from the library website and they placed it in the airport area but …
Robin Mann Place – Named after Dr Robin Mann .Mann was deputy chairman of the Christchurch International Airport board of directors in 2000. Formed post-1997. A small amount of information from the library website and they put it in Christchurch Airport as did the businesses in the street but one website put it into Harewood. …
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Pukaki Road and nothing on the library website. It is close to the airport and just has a couple of businesses on it. Real estate agents and google maps have it in Yaldhurst. No footpath and it is a private road. I was able to walk part of it by walking on an empty section …
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George Bellow Road – Named after William George Patrick Bellew (1944-).Bellew was chief executive officer at Christchurch International Airport 1988- 2005. A small amount of information from the library website. The library didn’t have this street under any suburbs but google maps and most real estate agents put in into the suburb of Yaldhurst. A …
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project