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Glenelg Spur in Hillsborough – Named after Glenelg, the home there of Cecil Claude Morton Ollivier (1878- 1935). Ollivier was an accountant, and at the time of his death, one of the city’s best-known businessmen. He had bought the house, then called Raroa, from George Bowron in 1922, and re-named it Glenelg. The driveway leading …

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Huntlywood Terrace in Hillsborough and nothing on the library website. Huntlywood is a place near the Scottish borders. The houses here were built in the 1980s and 1990s with one possibly built later than that but suspect that it was a rebuild. Only two entries on Papers Past and they were two ads for selling …

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Kentallen Terrace in Hillsborough and nothing on the library website. Kentallen is a place in Scotland between Oban and Fort William so I will have driven through it at least twice. The valuation website said that the houses were built in 1980s plus one built in 2017. The only entries on Papers Past were a …

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Dalgarven Place in Hillsborough and nothing on the library website. Dalgarven in a place in Scotland and I would have driven through it when going to Irvine to visit friends. The valuation website that I use had three houses here with the earliest being built in 1970. That is probably incorrect as Papers Past had …

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Heybridge Lane in Hillsborough and nothing on the library website which is surprising as most houses here were built in the 1960s. It was probably named after Heybridge in England. Earliest entry on Papers Past was an engagement notice in 1966. A few sections for sale in the 1960s. A few ads plus a mention …

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Chorley Place in Hillsborough and nothing on the library website. This was surprising as the houses here were built in the 1960s. The street is probably named after Chorley in England. Not much information on Papers Past and the earliest entry was a death notice in 1966. In 1977 there was a protest about a …

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Montgomery Tce in Hillsborough – Named after William Montgomery (1821-1914). Montgomery was a timber merchant and importer and the first chairman of the Heathcote Road Board. He later settled in Little River. First appears in street directories in 1946. A small amount of information from the library website. William died in Little River aged 94 …

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Erewhon Tce in Hillsborough – Named after Samuel Butler’s book Erewhon or Over the Range. The book is about Butler’s life on his high country station Mesopotamia. First appears in street directories in 1970. A small amount of information from the library website. Very little information on Papers Past and in 1962 the unformed portion …

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After researching Guild Street and Stapletons Road plus a online conversation with a friend I decided to research a building. Several hours later I can now write up the information. The story starts in Church Square in Addington where there is St Mary’s Home for girls. The church in Church Square is called St Mary’s. …

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Stapletons Road in Richmond – Named after Thomas Stapleton (1826-1895). Stapleton, a gentleman, was a sawyer and “poultry enthusiast”. He died at his home in Stapletons Road. First appears in street directories in 1887. A small amount of information from the library website. Any street name with an s on the end usually means it …

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