Foden Lane and Dennis Lane are both too new for library website. Both these lanes run off Prospect Place and are possibly named after Dennis Foden. I will need to read the books Divine Rock the Quarryman’s Gift by Greg C Smith and History of Halswell by Graeme C Penney as the developers took the names for the streets in Quarry Park from these books. Both of these streets are still having houses built on them and Dennis Lane was blocked by vehicles belonging to builders and I only managed to walk half of Foden Lane because of the same reason. I will need to do more research to confirm my theory about Dennis Foden.

Forge Close in Halswell and is too new for library website. I don’t think that I need to explain the meaning of forge. This tiny street runs off Tempering Drive. The houses here are mostly finished being built. It looks like a wee walkway is going to be developed here to join up with the walkway that runs off Prospect Place. Not a lot that I can say about this street as it is another one that is too new to have any character.

Tempering Drive in Halswell and is too new for library website. This street runs off Muirhill St and so new that it didn’t have any character for me. There are still houses being built here but a couple are occupied. The name tempering is fairly obvious and mostly used these days in connection with steel. It is also in metallurgy and the history is that it is an ancient heat treating technique.

Spalling Road in Halswell and is too new for library website. The council website said that it was named after a 16 pound hammer used to split and shape stone for building materials. I went googling expecting it to have been named after a person but I was wrong. Spall means chip or splinter of rock or ore. Spalling can happen through natural methods and the term was mostly used in the mining industry but it now used in other industries. This street runs from Hoyle Way to Cashmere St and it didn’t stand out for me. Many of the houses are occupied but they are too new to have developed any character.

Ruston Lane in Halswell- too new for library website. Another street that I wasn’t actually able to walk as they are still building houses here and most of the street was blocked off. This tiny street runs off Muirhill St. I found information on the council website which said that the street is named after a rock face diesel shovel. My gut feeling was that Ruston had to be a person’s name so I went googling. These machines when invented were called crane navvy which is logical. The oldest surviving crane navvy is the Ruston Proctor Steam Navvy No 306 and is being restored at Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum in Cumbia. Just added another place to my travel list. It was originally used at the chalk pit in Arlesey in Bedfordshire. Joseph Ruston was from Ely and I have a friend who will be interested in this man’s family tree.

Quarters Place in Halswell – Named after the old stone cottage where many of the Halswell Quarry workers lived and which still remains in its original state. In the Quarry View subdivision. The developers submitted street names having a connection with the Halswell Quarry, its location and its product. Named in 2012. A small amount of information from the library website. At first I read the library description incorrectly and thought that they meant that the old stone cottage is actually on this street. The stone cottage is at at Halswell Quarry and I have visited it several times. This street runs off Findlay Ave and there is still houses being built here. A couple are occupied and I quite liked the house which used stone within the design.

Prospect Place in Halswell – too new for library website. This street runs off Provincial Rd in the new subdivision Quarry Park. At the end of the street was a walkway to what looked like a reserve. The houses are very new here and at least one or two looked occupied. The name relates to the Quarry. The street is too new to have any history.

Bellows Close in Halswell- too new for library website. I will confess that I didn’t actually walk this street as it is so new that they are still building houses here and the footpath and road was blocked with vehicles belonging to the builders. The name of the street is fairly obvious as most names in the subdivision Quarry Park relate to quarrying. This tiny street runs off Tempering Drive.

Hastings Street in Waltham and Sydenham- Formerly Gordon Street and Andrew Street. May have been named after two Sydenham Borough councillors of the time. Re-named Hastings Street and later Hastings Street East and West. Darwin Street was named after Charles Robert Darwin (1809- 1882). The purchase of Gordon Street was discussed at a meeting of the Sydenham Borough Council in 1882, reported in the Star. Andrew Street is also mentioned in a report in the Star of another meeting of the Council in 1879. Gordon Street first appears in street directories in 1887, running off Waltham Road; Andrew Street appears the same year running off Colombo Street. Gordon Street was re-named Hastings Street in 1909. Andrew Street was re-named Hastings Street in 1916. Darwin Street is first mentioned in the Star in 1883 in a report of a meeting of the Sydenham Borough Council. First appears in street directories in 1887. Re-named Hastings Street in 1916. It became Hastings Street East and West in 1991.A reasonable amount of information from the library website and there are mistakes in this information. The mistakes really confused things. Papers Past had lots of birth and death notices. I spend a lot of time looking at the maps of 1912 and 1929. The map of 1929 had it has one long street but the map of 1912 had four different names for the street. The library website have muddled up Gordon St and Andrew St. The map from 1912 has Hastings St from Colombo St to Cadogan St, then Ree St from Cadogan St to Burlington St, then Andrew St from Burlington St to Waltham St and finally Darwin St from Waltham Rd to Ballance St. Note Ballance St is now York St and the map of 1929 doesn’t show Hastings St going to York St and it finishes at Little York St which is now Bond St. In 1887 Gordon St is mentioned as being just off Colombo St. It looks like there was another Gordon St in Linwood near Cashel St. The Star of Sydenham Lodge of Oddfellows had a newly erected hall in Gordon St in 1909 but in 1910 onwards all mentions of this hall was that it was in Hastings St. There must have been an orchard selling apples here in 1910 as there were a few ads in Papers Past. I couldn’t find any mention of a Ree St or Rees St in Sydenham and it was possibly an informal name. In 1880 there was a boarding house in St Andrew’s St near Reece’s store. A couple of entries as St Andrew’s St but by 1883 it was Andrew St. In 1887 Andrew’s St is described as being off Gasworks Rd which is the old name for Waltham Rd. Very little information about Darwin St on Papers Past except for sections being for sale in in 1887 and 1909. I walked this street on Friday and it is a long street. A huge mixture of styles and there are a couple of older houses from 1890 plus one from 1880. A few from 1905 to 1920 but most are from 1970s onwards. Many are multi dwelling style of housing plus there is a social housing complex on this street. There is supposed to be a small park called Hastings Park near Burlington St but I don’t remember seeing it. I suspect that the social housing complex has taken over the park. At the Colombo St end there are shops. On the corner of Cadogan St and Hastings St there is a B & B and it is in an older house and is gorgeous. I could possibly live the Waltham St end of the street but I didn’t really like this street.

Vienna St in Waltham- Part of Thackeray Street. Named after William Makepeace Thackeray (1811- 1863). Re-named Vienna Street. Named after the city of Vienna because Thackeray supposedly had connections with this city In 1981 the Brougham Street expressway extension cut several streets in two. One of these was Thackeray Street. The council decided to change the name of the southern part of the street to Makepeace Street after Thackeray’s middle name but residents objected as they thought the name would be open to ridicule. Vienna Street first appears in street directories in 1987.

A reasonable of information from the library website. I have already written up Thackeray St and the library don’t mention that Thackeray St used to be a longer street. Waltham school is on Vienna Street and it held it’s 50 year jubilee in August 1941. In 1891 the school is mentioned as recently being opened and by 1892 it was already overcrowded. In 1893 there were discussion about additions to the school. The school was closed for a short while in 1934 because of the measles epidemic. There are still a few houses dating from 1880 and 1905 but most date from 1970s onwards. A mixture of styles and some I liked. There is a wee walkway through to Brougham St here. Near this walkway there are some unusual looking apartments and they go all the way to Cecil Place.