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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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Clarkson Ave – formerly Clarkson’s Avenue. Named after David Clarkson (1828-1889). Clarkson established the drapery business Dunstable House in 1854. In 1872 the business became J. Ballantyne & Co, drapers and clothiers. Clarkson’s Avenue first appears in street directories in 1885. Becomes Clarkson Avenue in 1962.A small amount of information from the library website. This …

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Cashel Street in the Central City- Named after the bishopric of Cashel. One of the original streets of Christchurch named in 1850 by Edward Jollie (1825-1894) and Captain Joseph Thomas (b. 1803). The names were taken from bishoprics listed in Burke’s Peerage. The Rt. Rev. Robert Daly, Bishop of Cashel and Waterford (1783-1872), was John …

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Lichfield Street – Named after the Bishopric of Lichfield in England. One of the original Christchurch streets named in 1850 by 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 …

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Bedford Row – Bedford Row was once the grass covered centre of the extensive nurseries belonging to William Barbour Wilson (1819- 1897) from which trees were obtained for the main four avenues. Wilson was a nurseryman, businessman and local politician. First mentioned in The Press in 1877, appears on an 1879 map and first appears …

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Kilmore Street in the Central City- Named after an Irish bishopric, Kilmore, near Cavan. One of Christchurch’s original streets named in 1850 by Captain Joseph Thomas (b. 1803?) and Edward Jollie (1825- 1894). The names were taken from bishoprics listed in Burke’s Peerage. John Robert Godley lived at Killegar Park, in County Leitrim, near Kilmore …

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Oxford Tce in Central City- Brightlings Lane was incorporated into Oxford Terrace. Named after Christ Church, Oxford University. Brightlings Lane was named after John Brightling (1842-1928) One of the original Christchurch streets named in 1850 by surveyors Captain Joseph Thomas (b. 1803?) and Edward Jollie (1825-1894) in March 1850. John Robert Godley (1814- 1861) studied …

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