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Besant Place in Avondale and there wasn’t any information on the library website. This street runs off Orrick Crescent and the houses were built in 1970s so I was surprised that there wasn’t anything on the library website. I searched Papers Past and Ancestry website with no luck. It sounds like a surname but couldn’t …

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Sheraton Place in Redwood- nothing on library website. I was surprised that there wasn’t any information on the library website as at least half the houses were built in 1980 and the rest in 2000. None of the houses stood out for me but there was one two story place that was OK. The street …

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Grahams Road in Burnside and Bishopdale and Ilam – Named after Douglas Graham (1818-1872). Graham arrived in Canterbury in 1852 and was the manager of John Deans’ cattle from 1854 until his death. Grahams Road was cut through his holding of 141 acres which he leased to William Boag. His home was near the corner …

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Kendal Ave in Burnside – formerly Kendal Street Named after Kendal, a town in the Lake District. Blogg Brothers Ltd. built “half of the streets in the Wairarapa riding including Kendal Avenue and Springbank Street”. Kendal Avenue was one of the first streets in the South Island to have underground reticulation of power and telephone …

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Rembrandt Place in Burnside – Named after Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606- 1669). Rembrandt was a Dutch artist. First appears in street directories in 1983. A tiny amount of information from the library website. This street is too new for me to get information from Papers Past. The street runs off Grahams Rd and splits …

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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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