James Street -Named after James Pepperell (1859?-1911). Pepperell, a woolclasser, was a Woolston farmer and a member of the Redcliffs land syndicate that subdivided the land where this street is formed. James Terrace first appears in street directories in 1910. Becomes James Street in 1914.Reasonable amount of information from the library website. As usual with an older suburb there is a mixture of new and old houses but more old than new here. The older houses were wooden villas and I do like this style of house. The Redcliffs community centre and bowling club is at one end of the street. I have noticed in these older suburbs that there are many water meters leaking water everywhere and the council has the cheek to tell us that we need to be conserving water.

Stanton Crescent – Named after Sir Joseph Stanton (1884-1963). Stanton was a lawyer and judge of the Supreme Court from 1948. In a 145-acre housing subdivision planned by the housing division of the Ministry of Works. The land was purchased from the Church Property Trustees and the Loughnan estate. In 1968 the street names subcommittee of the council felt that as Halswell was named after a prominent English Queen’s Counsel it would be appropriate to record the names of judges in street names there. Many of them had been QCs or KCs before appointment to the Bench.This was interesting information from the library website and I lived on Stanton Crescent for 22 years and didn’t know this. Most of the houses are summerhill stone and most are in good condition. I still know a few people on this street.

Templetons Way – Named in 2012. That was very brief information on the library website. This is obviously a new street and it runs between Augustine Drive and Templetons Rd which will be how it got it’s name. Only three houses here and one empty overgrown section.

Templetons Road – nothing on library website which surprised me as this road has been here since at least the 1960s. I often used to walk in this area when I lived in the area over 29 years ago. In those days the houses were only on one side of the road with paddocks on the other side. The houses on the older side are mostly brick and would date from the 1960s and the newer houses on the side where the paddocks used to be probably date from 2012. The new houses are mostly brick as well. This road is blocked off at the Halswell Rd end which is fairly new as you used to be able to drive into this road from Halswell Rd. There is a large kindergarten on the Halswell Rd corner. I suspect that this road is named after a family called Templeton who lived in the area. There was a John and Ivy Templeton and they had at least one son Isaac but Isaac died as a baby. My photo is from the park end. I found my information on Past Papers and Ancestry websites.

Neave Place – Named after Francis Digby Spencer Neave (1842-1913). Neave owned the Mount Algidus run for 27 years. He was also a fellow of Christ’s College and he lived at Okeover in Ilam. One of the streets in the area formed on land belonging to Christ’s College. First appears in street directories in 1972.Interesting information from library website. Another street where the land still owned by Christs College was sold to an Auckland developer. A short street but because it is in a slightly older suburb the footpath is on both sides of the street. Difficult to photos as the street was really busy. There was Enable contractors plus glaziers. A woman was walking her dog as well. I managed one photo and I was so sure that this was where a former boss from my Postbank days at Barrington but the house looked different from what I remembered,

Fountainhead Lane – Named after the book The Fountainhead. Named by architect Ray Hawthorne. The book is the fictional story of architect Howard Roark and was written by Ayn Rand in 1943. First appears in street directories in 1993.That is interesting information from the library website. The naming of this street surprised me and I might need to search out the book. There was only about 5 to 6 houses here and no footpath. I only took a few steps into the street as I didn’t feel comfortable walking it. It looked like a glorified driveway but did manage a sneaky photo. The houses looked flash.

West-Watson Ave – Named after Campbell West Watson (1877- 1953) – West-Watson was the third Anglican bishop of Christchurch 1925/26- 1951 and also Archbishop of New Zealand 1940-1952. He was a Warden at Christ’s College in 1925. One of the streets in the area formed on land belonging to Christ’s College. First appears in street directories in 1970.A wee bit of information from the library website. The land no longer belongs to Christ College and this has been in the news recently. The land was sold to an Auckland developer without the knowledge of the house owners and not only did the cost of their leases increase but they no longer had the same option to freehold the land.The houses are mostly made of summerhill stone and of a similar style. Many had modern chimneys and I am assuming that the original ones were damaged in the earthquakes. There is a lovely big park here. Didn’t manage to get photos of the houses here.

Wolsey Place – Named after Cardinal Wolsey (1471-1530). Wolsey was an Archbishop of York. Named because of its proximity to Cardinal Drive. Named in 1966.A small amount of information from the library website and I am amused that this time the website has his DOB as 1471 whereas for Cardinal Drive they had his DOB as 1473. The information that I put for Cardinal Drive relates to this street as well. A small street that ends at a wee park. One interesting fact is that this street had a footpath on both sides of the street whereas in more modern streets of this type tend to lack footpaths.

Cardinal Drive – Named after Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (1473?- 1530). Named in 1966. That was brief bit of information from the library website. Not sure why a question mark for year of birth as Thomas Wolsey is a well-known historic person who was born in March 1473 in Ipswich. This area of Hillmorton was mostly named after Anglican church members. I don’t know if it is still the case but much of the land here was owned by the Anglican church and houses were cheaper because the land was leasehold. Houses mostly brick or summerhill stone and built in the 1960s. There was one house that I would loved to have taken a photo of but there were a couple of men in the next door driveway. I couldn’t figure out if it was an old cottage that had been added to or was built this way. I used to know this street well as I knew people who lived here but just can’t remember this house. I have a feeling that it is an older cottage that has been modernised. My one photo is of a vehicle in someone’s drive and it amused me.

Edinburgh Street – First mentioned in The Press in 1899 in a report of a meeting of the Spreydon Road Board. A letter was read from Harman and Stevens stating that the forming and metalling of Edinburgh Street had been completed and they were now requesting that the Board take it over. First appears in street directories in 1902.A reasonable amount of information from the library website and I found the same report from 1899.I don’t know why the name Edinburgh was chosen for the street and my best guess is that a local landowner was from Edinburgh. There were a huge number of entries for this street on Papers Past and there was another Edinburgh Street in Riccarton. The Riccarton street had a name change in 1941 because of the confusion of having two streets with the same name. Most entries were birth or death notices plus ads. There were several sections available in the 1940s. There were a couple of entries from 1915 that amused me. One from February 1915 was titled A Rocky Road and it was a complaint from a group of residents who said that there were huge rocks on the road and these rocks were causing accidents. In March 1915 the road was inspected and the inspectors couldn’t find the ‘boulders’. This is a long street and runs from Domain Tce to Barrington St. The houses date from 1900 to 2015 and cover every decade. A real mixture of house styles and many of the older wooden villas have survived. Most are in reasonable condition but there was one place that was fenced off. It looked like it was originally a State House. There is some sort of church building at the Barrington St end. I actually have ended up walking this street three times and kept forgetting to write it up.