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Bayliss Close – Named after Bayliss Nurseries. Bayliss Nurseries had existed on the site for many years and its land was subdivided to form the street. Developed by the Freeman Partnership. The streets in the subdivision are named after varieties of fruit and personalities associated with the orchard. Named on 6 September 2000.Same information from …

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Amamoor Street -Developed by Belfast Developments Ltd and Styx Developments Ltd. The developers “chose names suitable for the length of the road rather than trying to establish a common theme throughout the subdivision”. Named in 2000.Information from library website doesn’t actually give much information. I googled the name and there is a place called Amamoor …

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Millhill Lane is in Huntsbury and there was nothing on the library website about this street. It was a short private lane with very flash houses. I will have to research to see if there was a mill here.

Hansons Lane – Named after John Edward Hanson (1840-1920). Hanson opened the Riccarton Store in 1869 on the corner of Riccarton Road and the present Hansons Lane. First appears in street directories in 1903.A small amount of information from the library website. This is a long and wide street for a street that is called …

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Peer Street -Formerly Stemmer’s Road. Named after Robert Anthony Stemmer (1857?-1935). Re-named Peer’s Street and later Peer Street. Named after the racing stallion called The Peer which belong to Edward Jerningham Wakefield (1820-1879). Stemmer was a gardener of Upper Riccarton. Stemmer’s Road first appears in street directories in 1903. From 1906-1909 it appears in Stone’s …

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Siska Place – nothing on library website. Surprised that there was nothing on the library website as the houses here are from 1980s. Have no idea how the street got the name. Several meanings for the name. It is a Czech/Slovak name meaning cone shaped dumpling. Also found name on a Library of Congress website …

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Rountree Street – Named after Albert William Rountree (1876?-1931). Rountree is listed as a farmer of 47 Ilam Road in street directories of 1930. This was on the corner of Carleton Road (later Kirkwood Avenue) and Ilam Road, where Rountree Street was later formed. First appears in street directories in 1960.A small amount of information …

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Clonbern Place – nothing on library website. I was surprised that there was nothing on the library website as most of the houses seem to be dated from the 1960s going by the QV website. Most houses were brick and fairly ordinary looking. There was one large house down a long driveway that looked more …

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Straven Rd – The section of street running off Fendalton Road was formerly Cuddon’s Lane. Named after William Cuddon (1835-1924). Re-named Straven Road. Named after Strathaven (pron. Strayven), a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 30 miles east of Kilmarnock. Cuddon established a brewery and malthouse on the corner of Fendalton Road and Cuddon’s Lane …

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Mayfair St – Developed when the property belonging to Henry John Washbourne (1816-1898) was subdivided. First mentioned in The Press in 1883. First appears in street directories in 1896.A small amount of information from library website. I searched and searched and couldn’t find out why it was called Mayfair St but there was also a …

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