Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Leslie Hills Drive – Named after Leslie Hills, the historic Rutherford family homestead in the Culverden/Hanmer area. The Rutherford family was involved in the Amuri Corporation which developed the Amuri Business Park. First appears in street directories in 1991. A small amount of information from the library website. This street only has businesses on it. …
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Mandeville St – Formerly Chinamen’s Lane. Named because of the Chinese market gardeners working on 30 acres where this street was formed. Re-named Mandeville Street. Named after William Drogo Montagu, Viscount Mandeville, later 7th Duke of Manchester (1823-1890). Chinamen’s Lane was an early informal name that never appears in street directories. Re-named Mandeville Road. The …
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Kyle St – Named after Herbert Seton Stewart Kyle (1873-1955) Kyle was a veterinarian and mayor of Riccarton 1925-1927 and 1955- 1968 and Reform Party member of parliament for Riccarton 1925-1943. Named in 1938. First appears in street directories in 1946.Seton St – Named after Seton Stewart Kyle (1906- 1923). Seton was the son of …
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Kipax Place in Riccarton and it isn’t on the library website. I couldn’t find any information about this street. Nothing on Papers Past and no one with that name on Ancestry website. Most the houses seem to be from the 1960s so it is an older street. The footpath is on both sides on this …
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Bartlett St formerly Manning Street. Named after Kenneth Hardwicke Bartlett (1904- 1974). Manning Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1892. First appears in street directories in 1896. Re-named Bartlett Street on 27 September 1948. Bartlett was a jeweller and a member of the Riccarton Borough Council. A small amount of information from the …
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Kearneys Rd – First mentioned in The Press in 1906. First appears in street directories in 1913. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Nothing on Papers Past to say how this street got it’s name. Found an article from 1902 where it said that the road was going to be metalled. There …
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McHaffies Place – May have been named after Gilbert Hamilton McHaffie (1861?- 1905). McHaffie was a merchant of Flemington (later Aranui). He was a member, and also chairman, of the Heathcote Road Board 1894-1896, 1897-1899, 1901, 1902. He was on the Christchurch Domain Board for some time. He lived at Overton, New Brighton. First appears …
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Riccarton Rd –formerly Harewood Road – Named to continue the theme of naming Riccarton streets after places in Ayrshire, Scotland, from whence the Deans family originated. First mentioned in the Lyttelton Times in 1852. A small amount of information from the library website. There is nothing on Papers Past about the naming of this road. …
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Rudleigh Avenue in Upper Riccarton and this street isn’t on the library website.I am surprised that it isn’t on the library website as it is an older street. QV website has houses built mostly in the 1920s and 1930s with a few from 1980s.In Papers Past there is mention of this street as early as …
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Newnham Terrace – Formerly Allan Street. Named after Allan Scott. Re-named Newnham Terrace. Named after Thomas Olivant Newnham (1865?- 1942). Allan (spelt Alan) Street is mentioned in an advertisement in the Press in 1910. The article in The Press, 29 September 1932, says Allan Scott was “a very old resident”. First appears in street directories …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project