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Brickworks Lane in Huntsbury – Named after the brick makers who operated in Centaurus Road. Wigram Bros., maltsters & brickyards, operated there from 1886. Their business was taken over by the Murphy Bros. (Chch) Ltd, brick and drain pipe manufacturers in 1924. Their premises were on the intersection of Port Hills Road (later Centaurus Road) …

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Austin Kirk Lane in Huntsbury – Named after Austin, Kirk and Co., owners of the Farnley Brick and Tile Works. John Austen (1824- 1903), William Austen (1835-1910), Thomas Austen (1844-1918) and Henry Bland Kirk (1842-1927) owned the first of the local brickworks to produce domestic wares. They operated from a site in Port Hills Road …

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Sepia Lane in Huntsbury and nothing on the library website. This is a steep wee street that runs off Centaurus Rd. Most houses were built in 1990s and 2000s. At least one house was advertised as an over 60s unit but the rest promoted being convenient to the nearest school.

Bowenvale Ave in Cashmere – Named because it runs through Bowenvale which in turn, is named after Charles Bowen (1804-1871). Bowen, an original land purchaser in 1850, bought Rural Section 82, 50 acres on the “south bank River Heathcote, foot of hills”. He was the first Speaker of the Canterbury Provincial Council but eventually returned …

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Matthams Lane in Cashmere and this lane doesn’t seem to actually exist. There are 6 houses here but the addresses for them are 44 Bowenvale Ave. They are B, C, D, E, F and G. There is a sign post for this lane and it is on google maps. There is even street view for …

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Wedgewood Ave in Cashmere – formerly Wedgwood Avenue.Named because the developer was very fond of Wedgwood china. First appears in street directories in 1972 where it is spelt correctly. From 1981 it is mis-spelt as Wedgewood Avenue. A small amount of information from the library website. Most entries on Papers Past in 1970s were ads …

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Sunvale Tce in Cashmere and nothing on the library website. Papers Past mostly had ads for sections in the 1970s and as they were all described as sunny elevated sections this is possibly the reason for the name. Most houses were built in the 1970s and 1980s but there are two houses from 1940 and …

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Rockcrest Lane in Cashmere – Named to reflect the topography of its site.A right-of-way which rises steeply off Bowenvale Avenue. Named in 2000 A tiny amount of information from the library website. Only three houses here built in 2000 and I didn’t walk this street. There wasn’t a footpath and it definitely felt like someone’s …

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Plumwood Lane in Cashmere and there wasn’t any information on the library website. Because of how close it is to Fineran Lane I suspect that it was part of the property that belonged to the Fineran family. Where I searched Papers Past about Charles Fineran there were several mentions of the plum trees on their …

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Oakview Lane in Cashmere and nothing on the library website. This street would have been named because of a view of an oak tree or there was a market garden here with that name. The houses here were mostly built in the 1990s.