Mabel Crescent in Halswell and the street is too new to be on the library website. Information from the council website – Mabel is the name of two of the previous owners – Mabel Kearns (1930’s) and Nyra Mavel Symes (1980’s). First obvious mistake is that they have spelt Mabel incorrectly as Mavel. If Nyra Mabel Symes owned this land she had never lived there as she lived on Cashmere Rd including during the 1980s. There was a Margaret Patricia Symes who did live in this area. I had checked Ancestry and Papers Past. Personally I think that Mabel Kearns is the best reason for the name of the street.

There are a few houses built in 2023 and 2024 but also lots of empty sections. There is a footpath on both sides of the street which I like. No photos as nothing stood out for me.

Helen Place in Halswell and it is too new for the library website. I couldn’t find out who the street was named after. I looked at the council website plus Ancestry and Papers Past using the surnames Collier and Kearns. This street looks more established than some of the other streets in the area. The houses here were built between 2020 and 2023 but none stood out for me. What I did find unusual about this street was the end of the street. Most streets of this type have a curved end like a semi circle but this street had a square shape at the end of the street. Edited as I did find information on the council website. Helen McKenna (nee Thornton) is understood to have been John Miln’s second wife, and sister of his third wife Catherine. Found out more information about Helen and it is very sad. She was married very young to a man who had a drinking problem plus he was a bankrupt and he was also violent towards her. He died in 1879 and she married John Miln in 1880. She died in 1882 aged 29 and her son was only 12 months old.

Larissa Road in Halswell and it is too new for the library website. The council website said that the street is named after a racehorse Larissa’s Desire. The houses here were all built between 2022 and 2024 and none really stood out for me. There was one built from black bricks and I wish that I could have taken a photo of it. When I was in Adelaide my sister and I had a couple of conversations about houses being built from black bricks. A few houses had outdoor Christmas decorations but I still didn’t manage any photos for this street.

Kearns Drive in Halswell and too new to be on the library website. I couldn’t find out on the council website about the reason for the name but they did mention that the road was being damaged by anti social driving. It is possibly named after a family that lived in the area and there is still a family with that name living nearby. There are a few houses built in 2023 and 2024 but it is mostly empty sections. There is one house that dates from 2000 and it possibly originally had a Halswell Rd address. Edited to say that the house built in 2000 would have originally been at 42 Milns Rd. The land was possibly owned by Hugh and Mabel Alice Kearns but it doesn’t look like they ever lived here. From council website – Mabel Alice Kearns owned the property from the 1930’s to 1950’s.

I walked through the reserve that runs from Whitburn Ave to Kearns Drive. The house dating from 2000 is on a very large section and looked well established compared to the other houses on the street.

Winifred Ave in Halswell and too new for the library website. Information from the council website – Winifred Rogers was a strong pioneering woman from Hartlepool, who became a theatre sister (operating-room nurse) in one of London’s largest hospitals in the late 1880’s before making the long journey out to New Zealand, where she settled in the Halswell area and worked in the medical profession for many years.

I searched Papers Past, Findagrave and Ancestry but couldn’t find out any information about this woman. She was possibly the Winifred Rogers mentioned in Papers Past as a Nursing Cadet in St Johns but I would have expected her to have been beyond being a cadet in the 1930s assuming that the council have the correct information about her. I couldn’t find anyone with that name living in the Halswell area when I checked the electoral rolls.

This street is only a few metres long and the locals use it as a car park. No houses here yet and I couldn’t manage a photo here because of how many cars were parked here.

Mary Quinn Ave in Halswell and too new to be on the library website. Information from the council website – Mary Quinn came from London as a young girl with her family in the 1870’s. Mary was a very pioneering woman who due to the death of her parents at a young age carried on farming in the Halswell area as a single woman for many years.

The wording on the council website is slightly strange. I searched both Papers Past and Ancestry and couldn’t find out anything about this woman. The street is only a few metres long and I remember walking here last year and it hasn’t changed. No houses here yet and locals tend to just use it as a car park. There is a roundabout here separating it from Collier Drive and I don’t recall the roundabout being here last year but I can’t find the photo that I thought I had taken last year.

Dalness Crescent in Halswell and it is too new to be on the library website. The council website said that it is named after a racehorse called Dalness Xchange. The houses here are built in 2023 and 2024 with some still being built. I had noticed when walking around the streets in this area that every house had a fairly large circular object in the front lawn. On this street I ended up chatting to a workman who said that they were to do with water and drains and that it cost each house owner $20,000 to have installed. He also said that all new houses have to have them. He personally preferred older houses. This street only had a footpath on one side of the street.

Sequel Road in Halswell and it is too new to be mentioned on the library website. The council minutes said that it is named after a racehorse called Franco Sequel and was stabled at Spreydon Lodge. The houses here were built between 2022 and 2024 with houses still being built. A couple of houses had nice gardens but most had lawns and shrubs. I was able to walk through to this street from Gisele Crescent using a walkway that took you to a playground. At the other end of the street there was another walkway where there were a couple of seats near the entrances of the walkway. No street view on google maps

Gisele Crescent in Halswell and too new to be mentioned on the library website. The council minutes said that the street is named after a racehorse Gisele Franco that was stabled at Spreydon Lodge. I lived near Spreydon Lodge and I honestly can’t remember seeing the racehorses that were stabled here.

The houses here were built between 2022 and 2024 but none really stood out for me. Another street where there were lawns and shrubs but very few gardens had any flowers. There was a footpath on both sides of the street which always gets a thumbs up from me. There were two walkways that ran off this street. One went to a another walkway that runs almost parallel to Sparks Road. The other walkway led to a playground on Sequel Road.

Summerleas Lane in Halswell and it is too new to be mentioned on the library website. Couldn’t find the council minutes for the naming of the street but I did find a couple of items mentioning Summerleas Farm at 79 Milns Road on Papers Past for the year 1987. I didn’t take any photos here as nothing stood out for me. The valuation website said that the houses here were built in 2023 and 2024. Google street view for May 2024 only shows about three occupied houses and a couple of houses being built plus empty sections. There are still a couple of empty sections. The houses had very tidy lawns with a few shrubs. There was a footpath even if it was on only side of the street.