Northaw St in Hoon Hay – Probably named after Northaw, a village in the Welwyn Hatfield district of Hertfordshire, England. First appears in street directories in 1964.

A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. Not much information on Papers Past. It was described as a new street in 1956 and there were many ads for sections in 1963. One entry took my eye as it was a watersider who lived on the street. He was injured on the waterfront and I knew his name.

All the houses here were built in 1960s apart from one built in 2014. The street came to a dead end at a farm gate. None of the houses stood out for me but several had barking dogs. They obviously not used to people walking past.

Greta Place in Hoon Hay – Named after the Greta stream which is some miles north of Motunau. In a subdivision where the streets are named after rivers or properties in North Canterbury. Named in 1959. First appears in street directories in 1966.

A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. There was an article in Papers Past dated 1964 where it said that the street got it’s name from the well known Greta Stream on the main Picton – Bluff Highway. It was a new street in 1959. There were many ads for sections in 1963 and it was part of the Littledale subdivisions. Some ads said that the sections had stream frontages but I couldn’t see a stream today. The stream is probably at the back of the houses.

The houses didn’t stand out for me but they looked pleasant enough. One garden had a huge tree.

Chevy Place in Hoon Hay – Named on 29 March 1956. First appears in street directories in 1964.

A tiny amount of information from the library website. Very little information on Papers Past and it was mostly ads. It was possibly named after the chevy car but the word also means harass, nag or torment. It also is a hunting cry especially from the Cheviot Hills in the UK. I personally likes the idea of the hunting cry.

It was a new street in 1956 and all houses were built in 1960s. None of the houses stood out for me but the footpath was on both sides of the street which is always a bonus. The gardens here were nice.

Barossa Lane in Hoon Hay – nothing on library website yet the houses here were built in 1990s. Possibly named after the Barossa Valley in South Australia. Wikipedia states that that it is a German word spelt incorrectly and was named after the Battle of Barrosa yet the battle was in Spain. It is a place name in Spain. Confused ?

This was a tiny private lane that runs off Hoon Hay Rd and the houses are all typical Brick houses from 1990s.

Victors Road in Hoon Hay – First appears in street directories in 1957.

A tiny amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find out the reason for the name but highly likely that it was named after a person with the name Victor. I checked Ancestry website but didn’t find anything.

Not a huge amount of information on Papers Past. There were sections for sale in 1955 and in the same year the Hoon Hay Domain was developed. The road was reconstructed in 1964. There were several complaints in 1970 about marauding dogs. In 1984 there was a revocation of the reserve in Victors Rd as it was surplus to requirement. The council planned to sell the land for housing. Most houses on the street were built in the 1950s but there were also several built between 1960s and 1990s. There was a large number of death notices for this street.

The street runs from Sparks Rd to Hoon Hay Park and none of the houses stood out for me but it seemed like a pleasant street.

Samuel St in Hoon Hay – First appears in street directories in 1953.

A tiny amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find out how the street got it’s name and it was possibly a person’s name. I checked Ancestry website and cemetery database with no luck. Not much information on Papers Past and it was described as Crown Land in 1955. Several ads for sections in the1950s. Several death notices plus engagement notices. Several drain complaints in 1960s. There was a house fire in 1971 and another in 1982. There was obviously another house fire recently and this house dated from 1910. Most houses on the street were built in 1950s with several built in 1960s. There is an entrance to Gainsborough Park from this street.

Newland St in Hoon Hay – First appears in street directories in 1957.

A tiny amount of information from the library website and I couldn’t find out how it got it’s name. It was possibly named after a place in the UK but equally it looked like a surname. I checked Ancestry website and couldn’t find anyone with that surname living in the area. Not much information on Papers Past and in 1955 it was described as Crown Land being subdivided. There where flooding issues in 1957 and there was a drain nearby called Ballantines Drain. Only 22 houses here and most were built in 1950 but there were a few brick houses from 1990s.

Nothing outstanding here and I didn’t take any photos.

Gainsborough St in Hoon Hay – One of the first streets to be developed in the Hoon Hay area. Families lived in pioneering conditions in small baches while building their own houses in their

spare time. First appears in street directories in 1955. Further information “Brave new life in the suburbs”, The Press, 8 May 1993

A small amount of information from the library website and I couldn’t find the article from 1993.

Not many entries on Papers Past apart from birth and death notices plus a few engagement notices. There was mention of it being a new subdivision in 1952 and it included a map of the subdivision. There were flooding problems in 1977 where the residents blamed the hill subdivision for silting up their drains.

The street was possibly named after Gainsborough in the UK. I have hidden a puzzle cache in the park here using details of a painting by Thomas Gainsborough.

None of the houses stood out for me but it looked like a pleasant street. Apart from the park the feature that I liked best was a tree.

Marion St in Hoon Hay – nothing on library website and I was surprised as the houses were built between 1950s and 1970s with one built 2014. I couldn’t find out how it got the name Marion and I suspect it was named after a person but couldn’t find out who. I searched cemetery records and the ancestry website.

Not a lot of information on Papers Past and in 1957 it was a new street. The sections were described as high and dry level sections which is rather a bit amusing considering the flooding issues on this street. There was bad flooding in 1977 and 1989 and the residents blamed the hill subdivision for blocking the drains with silt.

None of the houses stood out for me but there was an interesting letterbox. It looked like a pleasant street and in the 1980s we used to visit someone on this street.

Kevin St in Hoon Hay -Named after Kevin John Blogg. Blogg is the son of Frederick “Fred” Sidney Blogg (1922-2005), the roading contractor who developed the street. First appears in street directories in 1952 as Kelvin Street and appears as Kevin Street in 1953. An error had been made in the paperwork and this was later corrected at the insistence of Fred Blogg. Information supplied in 2008 by Kevin Blogg in an interview with Margaret Harper.

A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street.

Not much information on Papers Papers. In 1950 it is mentioned as a new street being formed and sections were available in 1953. In 1956 the street Kelvin St in Burwood was renamed Robin St to avoid confusion with Kevin St. Apart from ads there wasn’t anything on Papers Past about Kevin Blogg.

Most houses here were built in 1950s but there were houses built in every decade from 1960s onwards. None of the houses stood out for me but the street is full of road cones. At one end there is an entrance to Hoon Hay Park and on the map from 1958 it is called Hoon Hay Domain.