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Kinleys Lane in St Albans – First appears in street directories in 1966. A tiny amount of information from the library website. There was only two entries on Papers Past and it was spelt Kinley’s Lane. One entry was for a sale of a property in 1974. The other entry was an ad for Kinley …

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Albany Street in St Albans – Named after the dukedom of Albany The dukedom of Albany is a peerage title occasionally bestowed on the younger sons in the Scottish, and later, British royal family. First mentioned in The Press in 1908 in an advertisement. First appears in street directories in 1909. A small amount of …

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Harold Denton Place in St Albans – Named after Harold Ernest Denton (1893?- 1975). Denton was a city councillor 1938-1944, 1956-1959 and 1962- 1968. Formed in 1972 and contains city council housing for pensioners. First appears in street directories in 1974. A small amount of information from the library website and not a lot that …

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Abberley Crescent in St Albans – formerly Abberley Road. Named after Abberley in Worcestershire, England.Thomas James Maling (1836-1922), an importer and merchant, built his home on this land in 1863, naming it Abberley. He was the only son of Admiral Maling of Abberley, Worcestershire. Abberley Road is referred to as the “new Abberley Road” in …

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Paikea Place in Somerfield – Named in 1966. First appears in street directories in 1970. Information on date of naming in a letter sent to the City Librarian from the Town Clerk dated 13 December 1966. A small amount of information from the library website and Paikea is the Maori word for the Southern Humpback …

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Grassmere Street in Papanui – Formerly Green’s Road. Named after the Rev. George Rowney Green (1794-1860). Re-named Grassmere Street. Named after Lake Grasmere in the Lakes District, Cumbria, England. [Grasmere has been mis-spelt in the naming of the street.]The Rev. Green, a fellow of Eton and Rector of Everdon in Northamptonshire, selected Rural Section 308, …

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Major Aitken Drive in Huntsbury – Named after Major (later Doctor) William (known as Peter) Aitken (d. 1959) Aitken was the commanding officer of the Cashmere Military Sanatorium from 1 June 1920-June 1922. This took the form of shelters high on the open hillside above Cashmere Sanatorium. Named in 1993. First appears in street directories …

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Shearer Ave in Papanui – Named after John “Jack” Shearer (1886-1977). Jack Shearer and his three sons built houses all over Papanui. He moved to Auckland in 1965. First appears in street directories in 1960. A small amount of information from the library website. I spent far too long on research on Papers Past, Ancestry …

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Roderick Alleyn Lane in Papanui – Named after Detective Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn, the main series character of the author Ngaio Marsh (1895- 1982). The character made his debut in 1934 in the novel A Man Lay Dead. The street is next to the Ngaio Marsh Retirement Village. Named in 2001. A small amount of …

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Vista Place in Huntsbury – First appears in street directories in 1991. A tiny amount of information from the library website. My best guess about the name of the street is because of the great views from here as one meaning of vista is pleasing view. Most houses here were built in 1990s but two …

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