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Royds St – Named after John Ingledew Royds (1870- 1949). Royds was managing director of Royds Bros & Kirk, produce merchants. Royds bought his land when land owned by Annie Townend of Mona Vale was auctioned in 1915. The street was formed after Royds sold his property, Royden, at 136 Straven Road to Ernest Edward …

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Daresbury Lane in Fendalton -Formerly Korari Street. Named after korari, a native New Zealand flax plant, Phormium tenax. Re-named Daresbury Lane. Named after Daresbury, a house in Fendalton Road with another entrance off Daresbury Lane. Named to commemorate the Deans families’ efforts to conserve the native forest trees in Riccarton. The naming was also designed …

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Makora St in Fendalton – formerly Kaka Street. Kaka Street was formed off 159 Fendalton Road. In the Murray-Aynsley subdivision. Re-named Makora Street at the request of residents in 1942. Kaka Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1929. A small amount of information from the library website. Not much on Papers Past apart …

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Rochdale St in Fendalton- Named after Rochdale in Lancashire, England. John Ingledew Royds (1870-1949) bought land there when Annie Townend’s Mona Vale estate was auctioned in 1915. His family came from Rochdale in Lancashire. The street was formed when his land was subdivided. First mentioned in The Press in 1926. First appears in street directories …

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Colwyn Street in Bryndwr – Named after Colwyn Bay, a town, community and seaside resort in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales, overlooking the Irish Sea. Colwyn Bay was a favourite place to holiday for Frederick Charles Williams (1887- 1963) and his family. He owned land in Brookside Terrace where he grew …

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Maelor Place in Bryndwr – Named after a 38km walkway near the village of Penley in Wales.The land where this street was developed was purchased about 1937 by Frederick Charles Williams (1887- 1963), a builder. He grew tomatoes commercially on this site and also used the land as a ready supply of topsoil. This land …

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Rhyl Place in Bryndwr – Named after Rhyl, a seaside resort town and community in Denbighshire, situated on the north east coast of Wales, at the mouth of the River Clwyd. Rhyl was a favourite place to holiday for Frederick Charles Williams (1887-1963) and his family. He was the developer of the street about 1956. …

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Cunliffe Rd in Redwood – formerly Part of Farquhars Road. First appears in street directories in 1960. A tiny amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find any information on Papers Past about the change in the street and the only map I could find was from 1962 and it already had Cunliffe …

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Tracy Place in Redwood and all the library website said was that it was named in 1972. Papers Past just had a few ads for the sale of sections between 1973 and 1978. I couldn’t find out the reason for the street name. Most houses were built in 1970s and 1980s. I quite liked this …

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Kaumatua Place in Redwood and it isn’t on the library website. I didn’t actually walk this street as it was obviously social housing. I don’t feel comfortable or safe to walk such streets. The units are owned by the Christchurch City council and the 10 units were built in 1977. The council website actually gives …

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