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Leslie Street in Upper Riccarton – Formerly Harper Street. Named after Dr Henry John Chitty Harper In 1886 John Hanson and others wrote to the Riccarton Road Board requesting that Harper Street be formed. Harper Street first appears in street directories in 1887. Harper was the first Bishop of Christchurch and the second Primate of …

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Owens Tce in Upper Riccarton – Formerly Curletts Terrace. Named because it runs off Curletts Road. Re-named Owens Terrace. Named after John Owens (1833?-1930)Curletts Terrace first appears in street directories in 1936. Re-named Owens Terrace on 8 June 1948. Owens settled in Upper Riccarton about 1872. His wife recalled in his obituary that at that …

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Roche Ave in Upper Riccarton – In a block of 28 acres bought by the government for state housing in 1953. The land was formerly owned by Pyne, Gould Guinness Ltd and was in Curletts Road between Blenheim Road and Riccarton Road. First appears in street directories in 1958. A small amount of information on …

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Haynes Ave in Upper Riccarton – Named after Mary Jane “Jennie” Ballantyne, née Haynes, (1869- 1952) of the family of Herbert, Haynes & Co. of Dunedin. The family of William Ballantyne (1864-1934) and his wife, Mary Jane, lived on a one hundred acre farm there 1896- 1946. Their family home, Nydfa, was in Hansons Lane. …

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Ballantyne Ave in Upper Riccarton- Named after the Ballantyne family, of Ballantyne’s Department Store. The family of William Ballantyne (1864-1934) and his wife, Mary Jane, née Haynes, (1869?-1952), lived on a one hundred acre farm there 1896-1946. Their family home, Nydfa, was in Hansons Lane. First appears in street directories in 1952. A small amount …

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Homer Place in Upper Riccarton and nothing on library website for this street yet most houses were built in 1950s. The sewage was connected to this street in 1954. There were a few death notices on Papers Past plus engagement notices. Ads for selling items but not a lot on Papers Past. I was surprised …

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Angela Street in Upper Riccarton – One of the five residential streets containing mainly workers’ cottages making up the area known as Peerswick. First mentioned in The Press in 1878 when land in the Peerswick Estate is advertised for sale. First appears in street directories in 1910. A small amount of information from the library …

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Fletcher Place in Upper Riccarton – Named after Henry Fletcher (1844-1942). Fletcher was the first market gardener in Riccarton. In 1879 he is listed in street directories as living at Okeover in Ilam and by 1902 he is at Stemmers Road (later Peer Street), Peerswick, Upper Riccarton. He had eleven children, most of whom settled …

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Metehau Street in Marshland – Named after George Williams Metehau, of Ngāi Tuahuriri, Tuahiwi. Metehau was an early Ngāi Tahu leader. Named by Ngāi Tahu Property Group, developer of the subdivision.A small amount of information from the library website. Papers Past had a few entries for George and he sounded like an interesting person. His …

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Raranga Street in Marshland – Raranga means: the art of weaving. In the first stage of the Prestons subdivision. Named by Ngāi Tahu, developer of the subdivision. Named in 2014. A small amount of information on the library website. All the houses here are on only one side of the street as there a reserve …

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