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Benjamin Lane in Huntsbury – Named after Kate Elizabeth Benjamin (1868-1938). Kate Benjamin was the matron of the Cashmere Sanatorium 1911-1915 and 1919-1924. Named in 1993. A small amount of information from the library website. I am pleased that this woman has a street named after her as she sounds like a great person. She …

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Karaka 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 Karaka is a New Zealand tree. Most of the …

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Ferniehurst Street in Somerfield – Named after Ferniehurst which is 24 km from Cheviot. In a subdivision where the streets are named after rivers or properties in North Canterbury. Named in 1966. First appears in street directories in 1970. A small amount of information from the library website. Ferniehurst is possibly a place name from …

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Bella Rosa Drive in Hei Hei and there wasn’t any information on the library website. Most houses were built in 1990s plus a few in 2000. I couldn’t find a reason for the name apart from it possibly could have been named after a racehorse. The street runs off Carmen Road and there is an …

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Cataluna Place in Hei Hei and no information on the library website. The houses were all built in the 1990s and most are built from brick. Street is too new to be on Papers Past and nothing online. There seems to be a Spanish theme in this area and Cataluna seems to be the Spanish …

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Jerez Place in Hei Hei and there wasn’t any information on the library website. The houses here were all built in the 1990s so I would have expected it to be on the library website. Probably named after a place in Spain famous for making sherry and my reasoning for this is that there are …

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Proctor Street in Papanui – Named after Mary Horner, née Proctor, (1836?-1919). Mary Horner was the wife of William Horner, a blacksmith. She died at her home at 6 Horner Street. John Proctor Horner (b. 1869) was one of her sons. First appears in street directories in 1887. A small amount of information from the …

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Mary Street in Papanui – Named after Mary Horner (1836?- 1919). Mary Horner was the wife of William Horner (1833-1905), a blacksmith. She died at her home in Horner Street. First appears in street directories in 1890. A small amount of information on the library website. There was very little information on Papers Past and …

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Loftus Street in Papanui – Formerly Lofthouse Street. Named after Lofthouse, a village in West Yorkshire. Re-named Loftus Street. The Horner family once lived in Lofthouse. Lofthouse Street first appears in street directories in 1887. Loftus Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1898. A small amount of information from the library website. Many …

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Horner Street in Papanui -Named after William Horner (1833-1905) and his wife, Mary. Horner was the first blacksmith in Papanui. From 1873 he lived in a 16-roomed homestead on Papanui Road, an early Canterbury prefabricated house. He sold off most of the 50 acres originally with this property. Horner Street is first mentioned in the …

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