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Lychgate Close in Linwood – Named because the street leads to what was once the site of the Church of the Most Holy Trinity Avonside and its graveyard. A lychgate is a gateway covered with a roof found at the traditional entrance to a British churchyard. Formed post-1997. A small amount of information from the …

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Karitane Drive in Cashmere – Named after the Karitane Baby Hospital on Cashmere Road which, in turn, was named after Sir Truby King’s original home, a cottage in Karitane, Otago. Albury Cottage, on the Cashmere Hills, was chosen to be the Christchurch Karitane Baby Hospital in 1918. It was opened that year with no formal …

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Hardy St in New Brighton – Formerly Thomas Street. Named after Thomas Raine (1820-1907) of Rainestown. Re-named Hardy Street. Named after Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy (1769-1839)Thomas Street does not appear in street directories but land for sale there is advertised in the Star in 1885. Re-named Hardy Street at a special meeting of the …

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Collingwood St in New Brighton – Formerly Harriott Street. Named after Harriet or Harriott Hawker, née Raine, (1856?-1925). Re-named Collingwood Street. Named after Captain Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (1748-1810).Harriet Hawker was a daughter of Thomas Raine (1820-1907) and Harriet Raine, née Vyse, (1822?-1907) of Rainestown. She married Charles Hawker in 1879. Land for sale …

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Ida St in New Brighton – The formation of Ida Street was discussed by the New Brighton Borough Council in 1915. First appears in street directories in 1920. A small amount of information from the library website. Papers Past had ads for 8 sections for sale in 1887. There were also sections for sale in …

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Briarmont St in Avondale – First appears in street directories in 1987. A tiny amount from the library website. Briar is a prickly plant. I actually walked this street back in April. Most houses here were built in the 1980s and 1990s and it looked like a pleasant street. The houses were a variety of …

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Te Kura St – Te Kura means: the school. Named because it runs off Straven Road to Christchurch Boys’ High School. Described as “a new street in the Te Kura subdivision” in The Press in 1929. First appears in street directories in 1939. A small amount of information from the library website. Papers Past had …

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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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