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Heath Street in Burnside and nothing on the library website. Most houses built in 1950s apart from one built in 2017 so surprised that there wasn’t an entry on the library website. The only information on Papers Past were a few ads and a couple of death notice. This street runs from Guildford St to …

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Winslow Street in Burnside – Named after Winslow in North Buckinghamshire. 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. The QV website has all houses built in the 1960s on this street which surprised me as some looked …

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Wayside Ave in Burnside and nothing on the library website. I was surprised that there wasn’t an entry for this street on the library website as most of the houses here were built in the 1950s. Possibly named after places in the England. Another street that was part of the large state housing development in …

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Guildford Street in Burnside – Named after Guildford, a town in Surrey, England. First appears in street directories in 1960.A small amount of information from the library website and not a lot that I can add about the name. This street was part of the state housing development in the area and most of the …

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Wadhurst Place in Burnside – Probably named after Wadhurst, a town in Sussex. First appears in street directories in 1960.A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name. There are only 6 houses here and when I walked the street on Saturday my first thought was …

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Crosdale Place in Burnside – Probably named after Agnes Wotherspoon Francis, neé Crosbie, (1851- 1933) and her sister, Jane Blackwood Crosbie (1854?- 1936). The Crosbie sisters, both dressmakers, bought 30 acres in 1894 on the western side of Burnside Road as a small farm in the country. First appears in street directories in 1981.A small …

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Burnside Crescent in Burnside and nothing on library website. I was surprised that there was nothing on the library website as most the houses were built in the 1960s plus a couple built in 1950s. In 1959 three of the houses on this street were homes of the year. There were several ads in 1959 …

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Ashcroft Place in Burnside and nothing on library website. I am surprised that there was nothing on the library website as all but one of the houses date from 1960s. The only mention on Papers Past is from 1960 and is about connecting sewer pipes. I couldn’t find any reason for the name Ashcroft. It …

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Kingham Place in Avonhead and Burnside and nothing on the library website. I was surprised that there was nothing on the library website as most the houses were from 1980 plus one from 1960. This street runs off Avonhead Rd and half of it looks like a private land. A pleasant looking street with a …

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Lavandula Crescent in Burnside and nothing on the library website. I was surprised that there wasn’t an entry on the library website as the houses here date from 1980 except for one built in 2000. Lavandula means English lavender except it isn’t actually an English plant. This street runs from Crosdale Place and then back …

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