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Waltham Road in Sydenham – Formerly Gasworks Road. Named because the Gasworks were there. Also Langdown Street. Re-named Waltham Road. Named, as the suburb is named, after Waltham House, a large house on Colombo Road belonging to Charles Prince.Gasworks Road is first mentioned in the Star in 1871 and appears on an 1879 map. Waltham …

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Watsons Rd in Harewood – formerly Watson’s Road. Named after George Watson (1837-1912). Watson, a farmer, is first listed in electoral rolls in the Styx catchment in 1878-1879 and is described as having a leasehold on Rural Section 57 on the south side of Harewood Road. He later owned land on its north side. He …

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Whitchurch Place in Harewood – Named because it runs behind St James Anglican Church in Harewood Road. Named in 1970. [Boeing Place was another name suggested because of the street’s proximity to Christchurch Airport.] A small amount of information from the library website. Very little information on Papers Past. Mentioned as a new street in …

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Waimakariri Rd in Harewood – formerly Part of Johns Road. Named because at one time the whole of Johns Road was known as the Waimak Road. First appears in street directories in 1972. [Kilcroft Road was another name suggested.] A small amount of information from the library website. I didn’t find the name Kilcroft on …

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Wasp Road in Harewood – too new to be on library website and too new to be on google maps but weirdly it is on apple maps. It runs between Harewood Rd and Walrus Rd near Orchard Rd. It is in the middle of a big empty section. Couldn’t find any information when googling. It …

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St Asaph Street in the Central City – Willis Street and Chaplin Street were incorporated into St Asaph Street. Named after the Anglican bishopric of St. Asaph in Wales from bishoprics listed in Burke’s Peerage. First mentioned in The Lyttelton Times in 1852 when 1/4 acre sections are advertised for sale there. Willis Street, running …

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Madras Street in the Central City – Named after the colonial Anglican bishopric of Madras in India. One of the original streets of Christchurch named in 1850 by Captain Joseph Thomas (b. 1803?) and Edward Jollie (1825-1894). The names were taken from bishoprics listed in Burke’s Peerage. First mentioned in The Lyttelton Times in 1851. …

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Cambridge Tce in the Central City – Waterloo Terrace. Avonside Road was incorporated into Cambridge Terrace. Named after Cambridge University. Cambridge does not have a cathedral so this is out-of-step with the method used by Jollie and Thomas in naming other streets. One of the original streets of Christchurch named in 1850 by Edward Jollie …

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Queensbury St in the red zone of Burwood – formerly Queen Street and Queensberry Street.Queen Street first appears in street directories in 1907. Queen Street and Queensberry Street both appear from 1913. Re-named Queensbury Street by the Waimairi County Council on 8 February 1933 when the problem of duplicate names was addressed with a number …

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Parish St in the Red Zone of Burwood – Named after Isaac Parish (1845?-1921). Parish worked with his father, William Parish, on the formation of Ferry Road and was later a farmer. He also served for some years on the Avon Road Board. He lived in a “beautifully situated homestead” on the corner of Lake …

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