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Rossmore Tce in Cashmere – Named after the Rossmore family. The Rossmores were aristocrats with connections to the Westenra family. Captain Richard Westenra (1794- 1880) was a “grandson of a former Lord Rossmore”. Frederick Herbert Wilson (1832-1902) and Frances Sarah Wilson, née Westenra, (1831-1903) named their eldest son Rossmore Cracroft Wilson (1863-1942). First mentioned in …

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Roseneath Place in Cashmere- First appears in street directories in 1970. A tiny amount of information from the library website and my best guess about the name of the street is that it is named after a place in Scotland. Not a lot that I can say about the street except most houses were built …

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Paulus Tce in Cashmere – Named after Petrus Paulus Hendrickus Blokker (1930?- 1982).Blokker was a mechanic and freezing worker. His signature appears on the two subdivision plans that laid out the right-of-way. First appears in street directories in 1964.Information supplied in 2007 by Bob Pritchard, subdivisions officer, Christchurch City Council. A small amount of information …

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Landsdowne Tce in Cashmere – First appears in street directories in 1964. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Most entries on Papers Past were ads for sections in 1966 but there was one interesting article from 1963. The secretary of the Historic Places Trust Christchurch branch requested that the name of the …

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Kanuku Place in Cashmere and there wasn’t anything on the library website yet this was a subdivision in 1963. It was mostly ads for sections on Papers Past plus a couple of death notices. Described as part of the Cashmere Downs subdivision. None of the houses stood out for me and they were fairly typical …

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Gunns Crescent in Cashmere – Named after the Scottish clan from which Sir John Cracroft Wilson (1808-1881) descended. Clan Gunn is a Scottish clan associated with north-eastern Scotland. First appears in street directories in 1968. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add to it. There were sections …

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Glamis Place in Cashmere – Named after Glamis, a castle in Scotland. First appears in street directories in 1966. A tiny amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. I think that I have visited this castle in Scotland. Most houses were built in …

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Emerald Lane in Cashmere and there was nothing on library website about it. Most houses were built in the 2000s. I ended up chatting to one of the residents and he said that it had been a market garden with lots of glasshouses before it was subdivided. It is possible that it was named after …

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Scarff Place in Cashmere – Named after Walter William Prideaux Scarff (1880?-1944). Scarff was a member of the Heathcote County Council 1914- 1935 and, for a time, chairman. He was county inspector from 1935 until his death. First appears in street directories in 1995.Information supplied in 2007 by Alan Copping, a grandson of Walter Scarff, …

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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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