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Vickerys Road in Wigram – formerly Vickery’s Road. Named after John Vickery (1815?- 1893). Vickery emigrated, under engagement to John Shand, on the Isabella Hercus in 1851. He became a land owner and farmer at Riccarton and Sockburn. He died at his property, Hendley Farm, Upper Riccarton. Tenders were invited by the Spreydon Road Boad …

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Symes Road in Wigram – First appears in street directories in 1957. A tiny amount of information from the library website. The street has been around a lot longer than the 1950s. In the 1920s it was known as Syme’s Rd but I couldn’t find out who Syme was and it was a fairly common …

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Paradyne Place in Wigram and it isn’t on the library website. I did find a mention on Papers Past and I did have a wee laugh. In 1977 there was an article about suggested names for a new street in an industrial subdivision owned by J G Rutherford and Toledo Holdings Ltd. The names of …

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McClintock Lane in Sockburn – Named after Brother James Ignatius McClintock (1910-1985) Brother McClintock was foundation principal of St Thomas of Canterbury College 1961-1966. Formed on land purchased from the school. Named in 2003. A small amount of information from the library website for a tiny street. There are apparently 7 houses here all built …

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Takaro Ave in Sockburn and another street that isn’t on the library website. Takaro means either play or sport and I suspect the name is because of it being so close to Sockburn Park. In 1976 there was discussion about building 22 pensioner units and in 1978 and 1979 the units were available for occupation. …

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Weaver Place in Sockburn and there wasn’t any information on the library website yet the units were built in the 1960s. Sockburn Park is one side of the street and Weaver’s Court are on the other side. Weaver’s Courts is social housing built in 1965 and owned by the city council. Weaver’s Court is at …

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Craven Street in Sockburn- formerly part of Middle Park Road (later Middlepark Road).Named after the Craven Plate, a horse race run at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney. Named because of its proximity to the Riccarton Racecourse. First appears in street directories in 1934. A small amount of information from the library website. Edited as I found …

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Pinehurst Crescent in Russley and another street that isn’t on the library website. Most houses were built in the 1960s with a few built in 1990s. Papers Past had several ads in 1960 for the sale of sections in the Paramont subdivision. A few death notices plus a couple of engagement notices. In the 1960s …

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Oakhurst Place in Russley and another street that isn’t mentioned on the library website. The houses date from 1950 through to 2000. The street is possibly named after a place in the UK but couldn’t actually find this information. Papers Past had a few death notices and they were a rather accident prone street considering …

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Geraldo Place in Russley and nothing on the library website for this street. Most houses date from 1980s and Papers Past had ads for 18 sections for sale in 1977 so it is rather surprising that there is no mention on the library website. It was described as an exclusive cul de sac. I suspect …

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