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Verran Place in Fendalton – First appears in street directories in 1955. A tiny amount of information from the library website. After looking at Papers Past and ancestry website it is highly likely that this street was named after the Verran family. They had an orchard at 23 Jeffreys Rd called Penventon Farm. One of …

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Westlake Drive in Halswell – In the Oaklands subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1991. A tiny amount of information from the library website. This area of Halswell was built around an artificial lake in Westlake Reserve. Westlake Drive runs past the reserve and most houses were built in 1990s but the houses at …

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Lakeview Place in Halswell – In the Oaklands subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1991. A tiny amount of information on the library website. Reason for the name will be because of being close to Westlake but you can’t actually see the lake from the street. The street runs from Lancewood Drive and there …

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Hemingford Place in Halswell – First appears in street directories in 1995. A tiny amount of information on the library website. A pleasant street that runs off Westlake Drive. The footpath was on only one side of the street. The 9 houses were built in 1990s and were all brick houses. I quite liked a …

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Eskdale Place in Halswell – First appears in street directories in 1995. A tiny amount of information on the library website. This street runs off Westlake Drive and ends at Campion Reserve Playground. Campion Reserve Playground is at least 3 streets away from Campion Place. I suspect that this street is named after Eskdale in …

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Campion Place in Halswell – First appears in street directories in 1993. Tiny amount of information from the library and I couldn’t find anything online about the reason for the name. It sounds like it could be a person’s surname. As usual with modern streets of this type there was a footpath on only one …

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Kairua Road in Hornby and this street is too new to be on the library website. This is a Ngai Tahu development and is an industrial subdivision. There are footpaths on both sides of the road which surprised me for a new street. Only one building here and the rest of the sections are for …

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Wilmers Road in Hornby – Wilmer’s Road is first mentioned in the Star in 1898. Teams were engaged in the formation of Wilmers Road in 1933. First appears in street directories in 1960. Streets in Hornby are not listed separately until then. A small amount of information from the library website. I found the same …

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Doyle Place in Avondale and there wasn’t any information on library website. There are only 8 houses here all built in 1970s and one has been modernised and looked weird. It is possible that this street is named after Arthur Conan Doyle as he lived in Hampshire for many years. I visited his grave when …

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Cowper Place in Avondale – Named after William Cowper (1731-1800). In a subdivision between the Avon River, west of the Bower Bridge, and the northern end of the Avondale Golf Course of a 50 acre farm formerly belonging to Stewart Clendinning Hampton (1908- 1993). Developed from 1969 by Merrit-Beazley Homes Ltd. All the streets are …

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