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Jordan Street in Sydenham- John Street Named after William Joseph Jordan (1879- 1959). John Street first appears in street directories in 1892, running off Brougham Street. Re-named Jordan Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Jordan was a painter, soldier, politician and NZ high commissioner in London where he had once been …

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Ingoldsby Street in Sydenham – Named after Thomas Ingoldsby, the alias of the Rev. Richard H. Barham (1788- 1845). Ingoldsby wrote The Ingoldsby Legends, The Jackdaw of Rheims and The Hand of Glory. One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council on …

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Huxley Street in Sydenham- Fomerly Mona Street. Mona appears to have been an early name for the Isle of Man. Re-named Huxley Street. Named after Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895).A decision had been made by the council to name the street Mona Street. Residents petitioned against this: the name had never been agreed to at a …

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Humboldt Street in Sydenham- Formerly Jacobs Lane. Named after Jonathan Jacobs (1803?- 1877). Re-named Humboldt Street. Named after Alexander von Humboldt (1769- 1859). Jacobs arrived at Lyttelton in 1855 on the Grassmere. He and his wife moved to Waltham in 1863, living in what later became known as Jacobs’s Lane, an informal name for the …

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Hargest Crescent in Sydenham- Formerly Taylor Street, later Crescent. Probably named after Jeremy Taylor (1613- 1677). Re-named Hargest Crescent. Named after Brigadier James Hargest (1891- 1944). Taylor was the author of Holy Living and Holy Dying. One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham …

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Gibbon Street in Sydenham – Named after Edward Gibbon (1737-1794). Gibbon was author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council on 19 January 1880. First appears in street directories …

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Croydon Street in Sydenham- Probably named after Croydon in Surrey, England Land for sale in “Croydon Street, Sandridge” is advertised in the Star in 1891. First appears in street directories in 1894.A small amount of information on the library website. Not a lot of information on Papers Past. Found the same land for sale ad …

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Chaucer Street in Sydenham – Formerly Wakefield Street. Probably named after The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774). Re-named Chaucer Street. Named after Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400). Wakefield Street first appears in street directories in 1892. Re-named Chaucer Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Both names continue the theme of “poets …

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Cameron Street in Sydenham – formerly Campbell Street – Campbell Street is first mentioned in the Star in 1882 when the Sydenham Borough Council was asked to take it over as a public street and “put it into a proper state of repair”. First appears in street directories in 1907. Re-named Cameron Street on 1 …

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Austin Street in Sydenham – Named after Alfred Austin (1835-1913). Austin was a lawyer, editor and poet and English poet laureate 1896-1913. Probably named to continue the theme of “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council on 19 January 1880. The Sydenham Borough Council …

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