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Rubens Place in Burnside – Named after Pieter Pauwel Rubens (1577- 1640) Rubens was a Flemish painter. First appears in street directories in 1987. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Street too new for me to find any information on Papers Past. The street runs off Grahams Rd and is a pleasant …

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Parkham Drive in Burnside – Named after Douglas McIntyre Park (1888?-1968)Park was in business with Mabel Winifred Witbrock (1893-1991). They ran a vegetable market in Bedford Row. First appears in street directories in 1980. Information supplied in 2010 by Ngaire Anne Kelly, granddaughter of Annie Witbrock and niece of Mabel Witbrock, in an interview with …

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San Rafael Place in Burnside – Named after San Rafael, a cul-desac in Los Angeles.Formed on land previously owned by Annette Flay, a daughter of Professor Flay. Peter Foster visited a magnificent cul-de-sac in Los Angeles named San Rafael and named the street after this. He felt it also seemed to go with other nearby …

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Thurlestone Place in Burnside and nothing on library website. The houses here were built in the 1980s so I am surprised that there is no mention on the library website. There is one house built in 1950s and my best guess is that the land attached to this house was developed. I couldn’t see the …

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Witbrock Crescent in Burnside – Named after Annie Elizabeth Witbrock, née Ell, (1868-1947).Annie Witbrock is listed in street directories from 1939 living at 184 Burnside Road (later Memorial Avenue). This was near Grahams Road. [Her daughter, Mabel Winifred Witbrock (1893-1991), sold the 22 hectare property for $1.2 million to City Realties Ltd in 1989. It …

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Grangewood Lane in Burnside – Formed on the driveway once leading to the homestead owned by Mabel Winifred Witbrock (1893-1991). This house was moved to Old Tai Tapu Road. Developed about 1990. Information supplied in 2010 by Ngaire Anne Kelly, granddaughter of Annie Witbrock, in an interview with Margaret Harper. A small amount of information …

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Pulford Place in Ilam – Named after Douglas Alan Pulford (1918- 1990). Pulford was a stock agent. One of the streets developed in the 1960s by Maurice R. Carter Ltd., a company which built 138 houses in a block of land off Grahams Road bought from the Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd. superannuation fund. First appears …

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Powell Cresent in Ilam – Named after Robert Frederick James Powell (1902- 1976). Powell was head auctioneer, then inspector, for Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd. One of the streets developed in the 1960s by Maurice R. Carter Ltd., a company which built 138 houses in a block of land off Grahams Road bought from the PGG …

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Bullock Place in Ilam – One of the streets developed in the 1960s by Maurice R. Carter Ltd., a company which built 138 houses in a block of land off Grahams Road bought from the PGG superannuation fund. First appears in street directories in 1966. Information supplied in 2008 by Maurice Carter (d. 2011) in …

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Hartford Street in Burnside and nothing on library website. Another street from this area that isn’t mentioned on the library website. The houses date from 1960s and 1970s and this street was part of the Sunnyridge subdivision. The company Sunnyridge Ltd gave clients a variety of plans to choose from so there is a bit …

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