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Nurseryman Lane and nothing on the library website as it is too new. There was an article on Stuff dated 21st June 2016 about the naming of new lanes. The information in the article about this lane was rather brief and just said that is was reference to a nursery set up in 1851 by …

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Armagh Street – Named after the Anglican bishopric of Armagh in Ireland. One of the original streets of Christchurch named in 1850 by surveyors Captain Joseph Thomas (b. 1803?) and Edward Jollie (1825-1894). The names were taken from bishoprics listed in Burke’s Peerage. First mentioned in The Lyttelton Times in 1852 when 1/4 acre sections …

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Armagh Courts and nothing on the library website but it is on google maps. It runs off Armagh St next to RSA building. It is just a car park these days but google maps show it as having as least 7 to 8 separate sites. I have searched and searched to find out what was …

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Hereford Street – Named after the bishopric of Hereford. Named by surveyors Captain Joseph Thomas (b. 1803?) and Edward Jollie (1825-1894). One of the original streets of Christchurch named in 1850. The names were taken from bishoprics listed in Burke’s Peerage. First mentioned in The Lyttelton Times in 1852 when 1/4 acre sections are advertised …

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Tramway Lane formerly Hereford Place. On Worcester Street just to the west of the old Government Buildings. It runs to the south. The modern central city tramway runs along it. A small amount of information from the library website. The earliest mention that I could find on Papers Past was in 1902 when a company …

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Press Lane and there is nothing on the library website and this is possibly because it is just a right of way yet other right of way types of streets get mentioned. Most entries on Papers Past are ads from the 1930s and 1940s. There was Press Lane Furniture Factory and it was also called …

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Strand Lane – Named after the Strand Picture Theatre which later became the Plaza A right-of-way between Hereford Street and Cathedral Square. It ran alongside the Strand Picture Theatre. The theatre was opened in 1917. The land was acquired by the City Council in 1925 as it was thought it would provide access to the …

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Shands Lane and it is too new to be on the library website. It is a right of way that runs behind the restaurants and bars on Oxford Terrace. It runs from Hereford St to Cashel St and it is probably named after Shand’s Emporium. Shand’s Emporium was on Hereford St close to where this …

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Gloucester Street – Named after Gloucester, an English bishopric. One of the original streets of Christchurch named in 1850 by surveyors Captain Joseph Thomas (b. 1803?) and Edward Jollie (1825-1894). The names were taken from bishoprics listed in Burke’s Peerage. First mentioned in The Lyttelton Times in 1852 when 1/4 acre sections are advertised for …

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Peterborough Lane and nothing on the library website for this lane. It looks like a right of way and the postal address is actually 340 Durham St. It is on google maps and obviously named after the nearby Peterborough St. It has a sign saying Peterborough Lane but not sure that it has official standing …

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