Benjamin Lane in Huntsbury – Named after Kate Elizabeth Benjamin (1868-1938). Kate Benjamin was the matron of the Cashmere Sanatorium 1911-1915 and 1919-1924. Named in 1993.

A small amount of information from the library website. I am pleased that this woman has a street named after her as she sounds like a great person. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Benjamin of Templeton. She trained at Christchurch Hospital. During World War One she took leave from the Sanatorium to work for the Red Cross at the front. She was working at Cook Hospital in Gisborne when she retired in 1933. She is buried at Bromley Cemetery. There was an obituary on Papers Past for Kate Benjamin.

I didn’t actually walk this street as it looked like a private driveway and there wasn’t a footpath. When I checked google maps the street was bigger than I thought and has seven houses here and most were built in 1990s. I don’t normally like modern houses but one house I really loved. Obviously well beyond my budget plus I like living within walking distance of the central city.

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Karaka Place in Somerfield – Named in 1966. First appears in street directories in 1970. Information on date of naming in a letter sent to the City Librarian from the Town Clerk dated 13 December 1966.

A small amount of information from the library website and Karaka is a New Zealand tree. Most of the entries in Papers Past were ads for sections. The street runs off Woodbank St and most houses were built in the 1970s but one modern one from 2016. There was a footpath on both sides of the street so I was happy. It was a pleasant street and most houses had been built on raised land and were above the street. A couple of really nice gardens and it is funny how I like nice gardens but my own garden I usually describe as a wildness area for flora and fauna.

Ferniehurst Street in Somerfield – Named after Ferniehurst which is 24 km from Cheviot. In a subdivision where the streets are named after rivers or properties in North Canterbury. Named in 1966. First appears in street directories in 1970.

A small amount of information from the library website. Ferniehurst is possibly a place name from Scotland as I found a castle called Ferniehurst Castle near Jedburgh. When googling Ferniehurst Station it reminded me that I haven’t yet found the geocache with the same name. In Papers Past there was mostly ads for the sale of sections. The street was described as being in the suburb of Cashmere or Lower Cashmere in the ads. In a map from 1958 the area looked like one big property. The street runs between Woodbank St and Ashgrove Tce. Most houses were built in 1960s and 1970s with a couple built in 2016. As the ones built in 2016 were close to the river it is possible that they are rebuilds after the earthquakes. Looked like a pleasant street but nothing stood out for me but Ashgrove Reserve is partly on this street. I walked this street yesterday and did have success with my geocaching.

Bella Rosa Drive in Hei Hei and there wasn’t any information on the library website. Most houses were built in 1990s plus a few in 2000. I couldn’t find a reason for the name apart from it possibly could have been named after a racehorse. The street runs off Carmen Road and there is an entrance to Carmen Reserve from the end of this street. Looked like a pleasant street with neat and tidy gardens. I wouldn’t fit in as I am hopeless at gardening. Too new to be mentioned on Papers Past and I checked older maps and this area was a large green space. I walked this on Monday and I didn’t manage to find the nearby geocache.

Cataluna Place in Hei Hei and no information on the library website. The houses were all built in the 1990s and most are built from brick. Street is too new to be on Papers Past and nothing online. There seems to be a Spanish theme in this area and Cataluna seems to be the Spanish word for Catalonia. A pleasant tree lined street with an entrance to Carmen Reserve. I didn’t manage to find the nearby geocache when I was here on Monday.

Jerez Place in Hei Hei and there wasn’t any information on the library website. The houses here were all built in the 1990s so I would have expected it to be on the library website.

Probably named after a place in Spain famous for making sherry and my reasoning for this is that there are streets nearby named after various drinks. I don’t know if the area where this street was formed was part of the property of F W Delamain and couldn’t find any information online and street too new to be on Papers Past. F W Delamain had a connection to a cognac business plus racehorses. The street runs off Bella Rosa Drive and it looked like a pleasant street but none of the houses stood out for me.

Proctor Street in Papanui – Named after Mary Horner, née Proctor, (1836?-1919). Mary Horner was the wife of William Horner, a blacksmith. She died at her home at 6 Horner Street. John Proctor Horner (b. 1869) was one of her sons. First appears in street directories in 1887.

A small amount of information from the library website. Not a lot of information on Papers Pasts apart from birth and death notices. Several ads for the sale of sections in 1887. In 1904 and 1905 the drainage ditch in the street was mentioned frequently. Issues with stagnant water and foul smells plus waste from a pigsty drains into the drain. The residents requested a bridge to be erected over the drain. In 1940 there was a new drain for the street so it took a few years. In both 1922 and 1971 there were complaints about the state of the street.

The houses cover every decade from 1905 with most houses built in 1940s, 1990s and 2000. The house from 1905 looks rather sad but the house from 1910 looks lovely. The street is narrow where it cross a wee creek which was possibly the ditch mentioned in Papers Past. A wee walkway starts here but I didn’t have time to walk this yesterday. The weather was changing rapidly yesterday. Probably a pleasant street but it was full of road cones yesterday.

Mary Street in Papanui – Named after Mary Horner (1836?- 1919). Mary Horner was the wife of William Horner (1833-1905), a blacksmith. She died at her home in Horner Street. First appears in street directories in 1890.

A small amount of information on the library website. There was very little information on Papers Past and mostly just death notices. Houses cover all decades with the oldest one dating from 1905. At the Main North Road end there is the Police Station plus a couple o businesses. None of the houses stood out or me but it looked like a pleasant street to live on especially at the end furthest away from the main road. A lovely seat and mosaics on one of the corners. On the corner by the Police Station there is a noticeboard with information about Mary Horner and there was an interesting fact about her cooking sparrow pies. This is what the council call a living street.

Loftus Street in Papanui – Formerly Lofthouse Street. Named after Lofthouse, a village in West Yorkshire. Re-named Loftus Street. The Horner family once lived in Lofthouse. Lofthouse Street first appears in street directories in 1887. Loftus Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1898.

A small amount of information from the library website. Many birth, death and engagement notices on Papers Past. Also several notices about garden competitions. The earliest mention of Loftus St was in 1898. There was an overlap of using Lofthouse and Loftus names but nothing to say that the name officially changed. Lofthouse is a village not too far from Leeds. In 1920s several complaints about the state of the street plus in 1922 a letter to the editor said that the street had the worst footpath in Papanui. There was flooding in 1945 and there are creeks in the area. In 1965 the construction of a new building for the BNZ that will feature a 23 foot clock tower that will be illuminated at night. This building is no longer there. The BNZ is housing Age Concern. Most of the houses are from 1970s and 1990s but none of them stood out for me but I did like the street and mosaics on the corner of Loftus and Horner Streets.

Horner Street in Papanui -Named after William Horner (1833-1905) and his wife, Mary. Horner was the first blacksmith in Papanui. From 1873 he lived in a 16-roomed homestead on Papanui Road, an early Canterbury prefabricated house. He sold off most of the 50 acres originally with this property. Horner Street is first mentioned in the Star in 1880 in an advertisement. First appears in street directories in 1887.

A small amount of information from the library website. Lots of mentions on Papers Past and in 1880s there were several mentions about Horner’s Township. William Horner named the streets in the Township after family members. There were at least two articles in 1960 about Horner family reunion and these articles talked about William arriving in NZ on the ship Contarf in 1859 from Yorkshire. The family said that there is a family link to story of Little Jack Horner. There were many birth and death notices plus garden competition notices. There were a few mentions of a Memorial Hall especially about the area around it being badly lit. I suspect that the Memorial Hall was where the Memorial Garden is now sited which is near Papanui Rd end. In 1913 a new Post Office to be built on corner of Horner St and Papanui Rd. The Papanui library was on Horner St in an old council building and was run by volunteers until it moved in the late 1970s. There were two sad stories from this street. One was that one of the victims from the Wahine lived on this street. The other story was a missing woman in 1947 and sadly her body was found three weeks later in an open drain near Papanui Technical College.

At the Papanui Rd end there is the Memorial Garden plus several businesses. The houses here cover most decades specially 1930s and 1940s but the one that I really liked is dated from 1910. Managed to walk the street before the storm hit.