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Jahan Lane in Cashmere – Named after Shahab Uddin Muhammad Shah Jahan I (1592- 1666). Jahan was the builder of the Shalimar Gardens in Lahore, Pakistan. One of the streets in Cashmere given the name of a place in India. A right of way developed by Emerson Construction at 41 Shalamar Drive. Named in 2007 …

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Whareora Tce in Cashmere – Named after Whareora, the home there of Thomas “Tommy” Edward Taylor (1862-1911). Taylor was a prohibitionist, businessman and politician. His house at 63 Dyers Pass Road was called Whareora, meaning: home of happiness. First appears in street directories in 1910. A small amount of information from the library website and …

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Whisby Road in Cashmere – Named after Whisby, a town in Lincolnshire, England. Whisby was home to the Cracroft family as early as the 16th century. John Cracroft Wilson (1808- 1881) was the son of Elizabeth Cleminta Wilson, née Cracroft. First appears in street directories in 1910. A small amount of information from the library …

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Westenra Tce in Cashmere – Named after the Frances Sarah Wilson, née Westenra, (1831- 1903).Frances Wilson was the eldest daughter of Captain Richard Westenra (1794-1880) and the wife of Frederick Herbert Wilson (1831- 1902), who was the eldest son of John Cracroft Wilson. They lived where this street was later developed. First mentioned in The …

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Holliss Ave in Cashmere – Named after John “Jack” Chell Holliss (1900- 1968) Hollis was an architect in partnership with P. Leonard in the firm of Holliss & Leonard. He was a member of the Heathcote Borough Council, serving as chairman 1961-1964. He designed large Christchurch buildings: the port buildings at both Christchurch and Lyttelton, …

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Takahe Drive in Cashmere – Named because it is near the Sign of the Takahe. Developed by Michael John Wood Davis, a surveyor and chairman of Cannon Estate Ltd. in 1959. First appears in street directories in 1964. A small amount of information from the library website and I can’t find any link of the …

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Stoddart Lane in Cashmere and nothing on library website for this tiny street. On Papers Past I found several entries for Agnes Stoddart saying that she lived on the Cashmere Hills. I found her obituary from 1956 which said she was 87 and the youngest daughter of Mark Stoddart the first settler in Diamond Harbour. …

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Thorrington Lane in Cashmere and no information on the library website. It obviously got the name because it runs off Thorrington Road. It looks like the lane was developed at No 3 Thorrington Rd which would make sense. The house was originally owned by a Campbell family who seemed to have lived there for many …

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Thorrington Road in Cashmere – Underhill Road/Street was incorporated into Thorrington Road.Named after Thorrington, a house built on the banks of the Heathcote River, near the Cashmere Hills.Thorrington was the home of an estate agent, Charles Clark (1824-1906), who arrived in Christchurch in 1856. He was living at Thorrington at the time of his marriage …

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Woodbridge Road in Cashmere – First mentioned in The Press in 1904 when Thorrington, “one of the oldest estates in the vicinity of Christchurch” was “disposed of in lots”. First appears in street directories in 1908. A small amount of information from the library website. Papers Past had several birth and death notices. There were …

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