Harling Ave in Hillmorton – Named after Carl Harling (1841?- 1926). Harling was a master at Christ’s College 1888- 1904. One of the streets in the area formed on land owned by Christ’s College. First appears in street directories in 1972.A small amount of information from the library website. It would have been leasehold land but now possibly freehold as owners in this area were fairly recently given the chance to buy the freehold. Found information about Carl in a Christ College newsletter as well as on a history page of Victoria University. Carl was from Hanover in Germany and educated in Bremen. He arrived in Nelson on the ship Magna Bona in 1868. He was a teacher of modern languages at Nelson College for over 12 years. He started teaching at Christ College in 1889. He also taught gymnastics at both Christ College and Nelson College and is credited with introducing the teaching of gymnastics to New Zealand. He married Eleanor Caroline Catherine Heine known as Ellen in Nelson on 13th January 1870. Carl was very involved with the German Church in Christchurch until he left Christchurch in 1904 to go back to the Nelson area. Carl and Ellen are buried in the Upper Moutere Lutheran Cemetery. Ellen was born 15/09/1852 and died 1914. Carl was born 07/06/1841 and died 02/05/1926. The records for this cemetery are in German. They are buried in a plot for the Heine family as there are several of the Heine family buried here. Carl’s full name was possibly Johann Christian Heinrich Carl Harling. I couldn’t find any children for Karl and Ellen. The houses here were mostly from the 1970s and typical for that era. A couple of the houses had interesting gardens. One had a scarecrow in the garden but I mucked up my photo of it. This same garden had vegetables where most people have shrubs and flowers. My favourite garden on this street had a giant duck / goose peering over the fence. The duck / goose had to be between 8 to 10 feet tall and I couldn’t believe my eyes. Then I just laughed as it made my evening. My friends tell me that it is Mother Goose in this garden.

Heaton Street in Strowan. Named after Robert Heaton Rhodes (1861- 1956). His grandmother’s maiden name was Theodosia Maria Heaton. Rhodes opened up his land for development in 1914. At the time he stipulated that houses built there cost at least £3000 and be “of a certain style”. Tenders are invited for “the erection of a house in Heaton Street” in an advertisement by architect B. J. Ager in The Press in 1915. No. 146 was the first house built in the street. First appears in street directories in 1916. After the land was acquired for Elmwood Park, Heaton Street was extended through to Strowan Road. A reasonable of information from the library website and I think that Robert Heaton Rhodes is well known enough that I don’t need to research him. I believe that he was known as Heaton because he had the same name as his father. Most of the articles that I found on Papers Past were either about Elmwood school or Elmwood Park. In 1936 there was talk about new building for the school. There was also talk about reconditioning the existing buildings. In the same year there was debate about which site to use for the primary school and which to use for the intermediate school. In the same year there was a letter to the editor from someone against the school as the squealing and yelling from the children was intolerable. In 1945 there was mention of land for the new school. As Elmwood school is on Leinster Rd and Heaton Intermediate is on Heaton Rd it is fairly obvious where the primary school ended up and where the intermediate ended up. There was a house called Elmwood on this street that belonged to Heaton Rhodes. The original house was destroyed by a fire but Heaton had another house rebuilt. The Governor General stayed there in 1928. There were many garden fetes and garden parties held here and they were frequently fundraisers especially for St Georges Hospital. It looked like a lovely house but it was demolished in the 1950s to make way for Heaton Intermediate. In 1924 there was talk about a new park at Elmwood between Heaton Rd and Normans Rd on the western side of Heaton Rhodes house. I also found mention of the park in 1919. I believe Heaton Rhodes donated land for the park. In 1939 a developer was refused permission to build a block of flats on the corner of Heaton Rd and Circuit St. Reason was that the area was zoned as a special residential area. There was the usual birth and death notices for the street. Elmwood Park and Heaton Intermediate take up a fair amount of space on one side of the street. On the other side is an entrance for St Georges Hospital. The hospital is on the corners of Heaton Rd, Papanui Rd and Leinster Rd. The houses on this street cover most decades from 1910 to 2018 but most are from 1920s. The older houses are gorgeous and are big wooden villas. They are very similar in style and this was a condition when buying a section that you had to have a certain style of house. Some of the older houses have been demolished since the earthquakes and modern houses have replaced them. Most of the modern houses on this street are dreadful and not in keeping with the rest of the street. Calling them toilet block style is actually being kind. I obviously didn’t like the new houses here.

Leinster Rd formerly Pepperell’s Lane. in Strowan – Formerly Pepperell’s Lane. Named after Thomas Mills Pepperell (1819- 1887). Re-named Leinster Road. Named by a Mrs Strangman, probably Marian Strangman (1824?- 1892), widow of John Strangman (1809-1881). Originally an accommodation road ie. a route for stock. Pepperell’s Lane was an early, informal name that does not appear in street directories. When Pepperell, a draper, died, the address given in his funeral notice in the Star is Leinster Road. In 1883 Marian Strangman is listed as living in Leinster Road. She was distantly related to the Duke of Leinster’s family. She thought it beneath her dignity to live in a “lane” so took it on herself to put a new sign up with the name “Leinster Road” on it. Leinster Road first appears in the Star in 1881 in an advertisement. First appears in street directories in 1890. The name was not formally recognised by the Christchurch City Council until 1952.A reasonable amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find any information about the street being known as Pepperell’s Lane. Thomas Mills Pepperell was living on Leinster Rd when he died and he was a draper. In 1881 Thomas Pepperell was living on Papanui Rd and it is possible that the road went through his property but I haven’t searched land records. He was in business with a company called William Stringer and Co but left the partnership in 1862. He possibly lived in Timaru before returning to Christchurch. There was also a family with the surname Papprill who lived on Heaton St.Papers Past had a large number of entries about Elmwood school and it got confusing at times as the references often referred to both Leinster Rd and Heaton St. There was talk in 1907 of repairing the caretakers house plus enlarging the school. New building was opened in 1909 with mention of entrance on Leinster Rd. The school possibly was originally called Leinster Rd school and in 1896 I found references to t0 name being St Albans Side School.In 1886 land was purchased in Leinster Rd for a school and it was opened in January 1887.Found for sale ads for sections and houses in 1881 and also sections for sale in 1900. In 1893 residents requested concrete channels but not sure if the work was done as the residents were complaining about the state of the road in 1896. From 1887 through to 1898 there were many complains about drainage on the street and the area near the school was the worse. In 1915 there were complaints about a horse wandering and many complaints in 1921 bout cows wandering. We have to remember that this area was rural land those days. I couldn’t find any information about the naming of the street and it is quite likely that the library’s reason for the naming of the street is true but there were sections being sold in 1881 and John Strangman died in 1881 and I need to recheck my information as I believe that he was living on Colombo St when he died. In 1871 he purchased a house, warehouse and land in Colombo St where he established a bottling business. He also purchased land in Madras St in 1874 so it is possible he had other land. By 1883 there was a Mrs John Strangman living on Leinster Rd and in 1886 William Hackshaw purchased the property. Marian Strangman died in Auckland in 1892. In 1881 and 1885 I found Douglas Heward Strangman living on Leinster Rd and he was described as out of business. His middle name was possibly Howard and I haven’t found his birth details but he was probably John and Marian’s son.I seriously sidetracked with this family and trying to find out information about them wasn’t easy. John Strangman married Mary Ann Fitzgerald in 1846 in Kilkenny area. Some family trees have her as Marianne. It is possible that she is related to Lord Leinster but I couldn’t find a link. With what I found out about this family I am not sure that I would like to be related. If she was related I suspect it was so distant that they wouldn’t have even acknowledged her but I could be wrong. After one of the Lord Leinster’s died so many people tried claiming the estate that they made them all do DNA testing. Lord Leinster had several properties in Ireland including Waterford Castle where I have stayed.The street itself runs from Papanui Rd to Rossall St and at Papanui Rd end is St George’s Hospital and a Coffee Culture. I had a quick coffee at Coffee Culture before my appointment at the hospital. Many of the older houses have medical related businesses in them. One house near the hospital is dated from 1890 but I couldn’t work out which house unless it was on a back section. Several from 1910 and 1915 but most date from 1970s and 1990s. There was one lovely house that looked old but the QV website has it dating from 1970. Obviously Elmwood school is on this street and I would have sneaked in to take photos of the school’s street art but it was lunch time and the playground was busy. Lots of building work going on at the back of the hospital.

Aranoni Track in Clifton Bay / Clifton Hill. Nothing on the library website and it is a track rather than a street but the library has included other tracks on it’s website. It starts at Nayland St and finishes at Brownlee Park. There are 13 houses and two date from 1910 and two from 1920s and the others from 1980s and 1990s. It is impossible to see most of the houses here and I suspect that the garages at the bottom of the track on Nayland St belong to the houses. I don’t know the meaning of Aranoni and as there is a street with the name Aranoni in Wellington I am guessing that it is a Maori word. A quick google didn’t come up with anything. In the case of Aranoni Track it will be named after a property called Aranoni that was owned by the New Zealand artist Cranleigh Harper Barton who lived here from about 1930 until his death in 1975. He would rent it out whenever he was overseas which was fairly frequent. He did a long stint in England in the 1920s. He frequently had exhibitions of his work at his studio Aranoni which was described as being next to Mr Waller’s house. In 1934 there was a letter to the editor about the water supply on Aranoni Track asking if it was the source of illnesses in the Sumner area. It is a steep wee walk especially on a warm day but there are some great views of Sumner.

Mulgans Track in Clifton Bay / Clifton Hill. Nothing on the library website but it is a track rather than a street but the library does have other such tracks on it’s website. This track runs from Kinsey Tce to the Main Road and in early days was mentioned as being in Redcliffs. There are two properties here from 1940s and one from 1960s. Papers Past had a section for sale in 1943 and there was a house for sale in 1945. In 1918 someone obviously wanted a name change but the council reply was that they didn’t have the power to change the name. In 1915 there was mention of the track being a private right of way and that the council gave consent for this in 1911. In 1945 there seemed to be a lot of complaints and one was about drainage. The other complaints were about the state of the track and how difficult it was to walk. They wanted the council to upgrade the track. The council reply was that they have explained to the residents of the track many times that it is a private right of way that goes through Mr Mulgan’s subdivision and it is up to the residents to maintain the track and pay for this. I couldn’t find anyone of the surname living in the area but there was a family with that surname living in Christchurch from about 1905 to 1915. Edward Mulgan was a school inspector and he moved to the Wellington area. His son Alan eventually moved to Auckland. Another son went to the UK to live and died at Oxford. This was a family that moved frequently and had a Cashmere address when living in Christchurch but they possibly bought land to subdivide. In 1920 there was a request for the person who was stealing the grocery parcels from the cart to return the parcels. Because of the steep track I thought it was possible that there was a cart on rails for taking goods up the track.

The Zig Zag in Clifton Bay / Clifton Hill. Nothing on the library website but it is a track but the library website does have other tracks on it. The track is very short and runs off Aranoni Track. There are three properties here and one was built in 2000. It was impossible to see the houses because of trees. Probably called The Zig Zag because the track zig zags up the hill. I couldn’t find out any information about the track and it sounds like there was another road called the Zig Zag which was Evans Pass / Sumner Road area.

Tuawera Tce in Clifton Bay / Clifton Hill- Formerly Victoria Terrace. Named after HM Queen Victoria (1819- 1901). Re-named Tuawera Terrace. Tuawera is the name of the Cave Rock at Sumner. Victoria Terrace is first mentioned in The Press in 1926. First appears in street directories in 1940. Re-named Tuawera Terrace on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can say about the name Victoria. Not surprised that it got renamed as there was also a Victoria Terrace in Woolston. In Papers Past there wasn’t a lot of information but a couple of death notices in 1930s and 1940s. The street was named in 1917 in the Roll of Honour. I was amused that in 1923 a resident of the street was fined for allowing cows to wander. This was very common occurrence in early Christchurch. In 1927 it was mentioned that there were great views from the streets of Clifton Hill including from Victoria Tce. I got seriously sidetracking reading about Tuawera Rock which is now known as Cave Rock. In October 1898 under heading Maori Nomenclature someone thought we should be using the Maori names for places instead of using English names. Note this was written by a Pakeha. In January 1902 there was an article about interesting information in old maps and the use of Maori names. Found another article from Oct 1916 about places names and again it was someone who thought we should be using Maori place names. These writers were worried that we would lose the information once the older Maori who had this knowledge were no longer around.Found several meaning for Tuawera which all included the word fire. One meaning was the place where there was an accident by burning. Another meaning was destroyed by fire. The third meaning was cut down by fire referring to the many people who died by eating the flesh of a stranded whale. My personal favourite is Te Ake’s Revenge which I recommend googling and reading. The street itself has great views of Sumner and the sea. The houses cover most decades from 1910 to 2017 but most actually look fairly modern. I couldn’t see the house from 1920 and the one from 1910 looks extremely modern so I doubt that it is the original house. I couldn’t find the right of way that is supposed to lead down to Kinsey Tce. Great views but not sure I would like to live here after seeing what happened to houses in this area in the earthquakes.

Kinsey Tce in Clifton Bay / Clifton Hill – Formerly Alexandra Terrace. Named after HM Queen Alexandra (1844- 1925), consort of Edward VII. Re-named Kinsey Terrace. Named after Sir Joseph Kinsey (1852-1936). Alexandra Terrace first appears in street directories in 1941. Re-named Kinsey Terrace on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Kinsey was the founder of Kinsey & Co. a shipping firm. He acted as attorney for Captain Scott, and later, Sir Ernest Shackleton. The Scotts stayed at Kinsey’s home, Te Hau O Te Atuaa at 14 Kinsey Terrace, while in Christchurch in 1910, and from there Scott set off to the Antarctic. Kinsey was a keen gardener and his rockery was made of stone brought to New Zealand from Mount Erebus. A reasonable amount of information from the library website and not a lot that I can add about the names of the the street. There were a couple of sections for sale here in 1920. In 1913 it was recommended that a handrail be erected on the unprotected part of the footpath. In 1914 the road was to be widened and upgraded and in 1915 street lamps to be installed including one near Mr Kinsey’s property. In 1922 a telegraph pole was to be removed to make a clear turning for motor cars. This last one amused me as it is still a fairly tight corner as I watched someone have problems with this corner. In 1945 there were floodwaters which moved a house 3 feet. In 1926 it was decided to form a right of way between Alexandra Tce and Victoria Tce on the land owned by the council as a pipe reserve. I found the right of way on Kinsey Tce but the Tuawera Tce end feels like a private driveway. The library covered most of the relevant facts about Joseph Kinsey. He was born in Plumstead which is in an area where my Cave ancestors were from. He went to the Royal Naval College at Greenwich and came to NZ on the Jesse Readman in 1880. He was a personal friend of Robert Falcon Scott. Kinsey was living in Papanui when he died and for some reason he was taken to Wellington for burial and his wife is buried in Christchurch. He was also the Consul for Belgium. Most of the houses on this street are on the higher side of the road with many empty sections on the lower side of the road. The QV website had houses dating from every decade from 1920 onwards but I couldn’t see any of the older houses. The houses are very modern here and there was one huge house that I wish that I could have got a photo of. The houses here are rather beyond my budget. Great views.

Van Asch St – formerly Queen Street. Named after Gerritt van Asch (1836-1908). Queen Street first appears in street directories in 1914. Re-named van Asch Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Van Asch was the first principal of the School for the Deaf in 1880.A small amount of information from the library website and I can add nothing extra about the name of the street. I can see why the name of the street was changed as there were so many Queen Streets in New Zealand including 2 or 3 in Christchurch. Papers Past had thousands of entries for Queen Street mostly for the one in Auckland. The obituary for Gerritt van Asch said that he was the principal of the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Sumner until 1906. He arrived in New Zealand in 1879 and had studied teaching methods for the deaf in Europe and England. After he retired in 1906 he took an extended trip with his wife to Europe where he died in his birth country of Holland. The Deaf and Dumb Institute is now called Van Asch College and in on this street. The street runs from Colenso St to Paisley St with St Leonards Park splitting the street in half. The earliest entry on Papers Past that I found for this street was in 1898 where a resident was fined for wandering cattle. The houses here date from 1940 onwards with several built in 1950s. There are also several modern houses from between 2000 and 2020. A mixture of styles but none were especially notable but the bright yellow house that I thought belonged on Paisley St possibly has it’s address on Van Asch St.

Whitewash Head Rd – Named because the droppings from the seabirds have made the cliffs white. The need for a road to Whitewash Head was discussed by the Sumner Borough Council in 1901. First appears in street directories in 1950.A small amount of information from the library website. If searching Papers Past with the words Whitewash Head expect lots of entries involving bodies on rocks. I found the same report from the Sumner Borough Council dated 1901. There was also discussion in 1892 about formation of a road but that possibly meant the road that is now currently Taylors Mistake Rd. In 1895 there was discussion of a footpath that was 8 foot wide to be created. Mr S L Bell cut two zig zag paths on the hill up to Whitewash Head so that people could get good views of Sumner and the surrounding area. S L Bell was responsible for building Sumner Baths known as Bell’s Baths which were on the beach underneath Whitewash Head. It is noted in Papers Past that two houses were being erected on Whitewash Head in 1913.There are only 21 houses here and there is one dated from 1920 and a couple from 1930 but most are much later. It is a very narrow road with practically no parking available. The houses here have fantastic views.