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Barrer Lane in Cashmere – Named after Bryan Amherst Barrer (1908-1980) and his wife, Margaret (1916-1982). The Barrers owned several acres of flat tussock land behind Queen Elizabeth II Park in Victoria Park Road which they landscaped, naming the property Four Winds. The property was subdivided after Mrs Barrer’s death. First appears in street directories …

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Amherst Place in Cashmere – Named after Bryan Amherst Barrer (1908-1980) Barrer was a lawyer and foundation member of the Canterbury Mountaineering Club. First appears in street directories in 1978. A small amount of information from the library website. There were a few entries on Papers Past and they were about the subdivision in 1974. …

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Harry Ell Drive in Cashmere – Named after Henry George “Harry” Ell (1862-1934). Ell was a prohibitionist, parliamentarian 1899- 1919, conservationist and an advocate of the establishment of a string of reserves along the Port Hills. First appears in street directories in 1990. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that …

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Derrynane Lane in Cashmere – nothing on library website. Derrynane is a village in Ireland and it was also the name of the ship. Couldn’t find out anything about this tiny street. There are only about 4 houses here built in 1990s. Another one that I have managed to do twice and I have a …

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Fox Lane in Cashmere – First appears in street directories in 1991. A tiny amount of information from the library website. It is highly likely that this name is connected to the Allom family and the lane is opposite Allom Lane. Thomas Allom’s second wife was Eliza Fox. Another street that I had forgotten that …

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Allom Lane in Cashmere – Named after Thomas Allom (1804-1872). Allom, an English artist, topographical illustrator and architect, was one of the founder members of what eventually became the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was a friend of Edward Gibbon Wakefield and spent some time in Canterbury where he lithographed some works of Heaphy. …

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Whaka Tce in Huntsbury – formerly Whakakake or Whakakaka Road. Hancock’s Road was an early informal name. Named by Hannah Hancock (1854?- 1950) who said “whakekake” means superior”. Whakekake Road was named in 1923 at a meeting of the Heathcote County Council. Whakakake or Whakakaka Road appears in street directories 1938-1955. Hannah Hancock is the …

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Mamaku Lane in Huntsbury. It is too new to be on the library website or google maps but weirdly it showed up on apple maps. I didn’t walk the street as it honestly just looked like a driveway to one house. There are apparently 6 houses here all built in 2020. It runs off Woodlau …

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Woodlau Rise in Huntsbury – First appears in street directories in 1987. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Nothing about the name of the street on the library website. In Papers Past there was several mentions of a property called Woodlau in Prebbleton. Most entries were from early 1900s and I did …

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Sunhaven Place in Huntsbury and nothing on the library website. I assume that the name is because it is a sunny spot. A tiny street with no footpaths. Only 10 houses here and most were built in 1990s and 2000s. Not really a lot that I can say about it.