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Fantail Lane in Woolston – Named to continue a theme already established in the Brookhaven subdivision. In a subdivision by Enterprise Homes developed off Shearwater Drive. Named in 1999. A small amount of information from the library website and I was surprised that I hadn’t already done this street as I walked Shearwater Drive in …

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Olds Place in Woolston – Named after William Ernest Olds (1894-1968). Formed as a new private street at the site of the then new fire station in Charlesworth Street. The Metropolitan Fire Board asked for the name to recognise the long association of Councillor Olds with fire protection. Olds was a city councillor 1956-1968. Named …

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Queen Victoria Jubilee Memorial Home in Jubilee Street foundation stone was laid in February 1888. The words Queen Victoria Jubilee Memorial Home were on the building but the image I found is copyrighted so I can’t share it. It was mostly known as Christchurch Jubilee Memorial Home or as Jubilee Home. In 1970 it changed …

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Jubilee Street in Woolston – Named after the Queen’s Jubilee Memorial Home in Woolston. In 1887 the Charitable Aid Board purchased a section of six acres at Woolston, belonging to Mr Hawker, as a site for the Jubilee Memorial Home. The Home was for the “aged poor” and was built to commemorate Queen Victoria’s 50th …

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Bamford Street in Woolston – formerly Bamford’s Road. Named after Henry Augustus Bamford (1842?-1941). Henry Bamford, a lawyer and second president of the Woolston Public Library, was a resident of the street in 1887, the year it first appears in street directories. Bamford’s Road is first mentioned in The Press in 1872 in a report …

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I seriously sidetracked today when researching Bamford Street. There was an interesting ad in 1895 which read Wanted if this should meet the eye of Mrs McCallum late of Oxford Terrace, Christchurch can you help me find out the persons that are trying to take my life by poison. If so please come at once …

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Roosevelt Avenue in St Albans – formerly Courtenay Street from Westminster Street to Innes Road. Named after Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882- 1945). Roosevelt was 32nd President of the USA 1933-1945. First appears in street directories in 1947. A small amount of information on the library website. Not much information on Papers Past as it was …

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Jameson Avenue in St Albans – formerly Part of McFaddens Road. Also Jameson Street. Named after George Jameson (1850-1934). Jameson lived at 116 McFaddens Road in a large house named Ellerton. For a time he was secretary and general manager of the New Zealand Cooperative Association in Christchurch. His father, James Purvis Jameson (1824-1896), was …

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Jacobs Street in St Albans – Named after Henry Jacobs (1824-1901). Jacobs was the first headmaster of Christ’s College and dean of Christchurch Cathedral. One of three streets named in 1923 and formed on land that had been originally owned by the Anglican diocese. Sales of land were made for “increased revenue for Diocesan purposes”. …

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Magnolia Lane in St Albans – Named because the developer advised that he would planted an evergreen variety of magnolia throughout the lane. Developed at 133-137 McFaddens Road. Named in 2000 A small amount of information from the library website and it is a copy and paste from their website and the spelling mistake is …

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