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Battersea St – Formerly part of Third Street. The streets south of, and parallel to, Moorhouse Avenue were named in numerical order. Re-named Battersea Street. Probably renamed after St. John’s Training College at Battersea, England. The section from Harper Street to Colombo Road was re-named Battersea Street officially on 2 August 1880, when the Street …

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Old Stone Lane – too new to be on the library website. Found information from council meeting dated 15/04/2018. Caroline (Caro) Murray formally Wilson who is granddaughter of John Wilson Cracroft suggested names for the new subdivision based on her childhood memories. Named because this lane leads direct to the Old Stone House. This had …

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Dalweny Lane – Named after Dalweny, the Cracroft Wilson’s family farm in Amberley. The last 30 sections of the Cracroft Wilson family estate, at 60 Worsleys Road, were auctioned on 8 December 2007. Named in 2004. A small amount of information from the library website. Nothing that I can add here. A small private lane …

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Aubrey Lane – too new to be on the library website. Found information from council meeting dated 15/04/2018. Caroline (Caro) Murray formally Wilson who is granddaughter of John Wilson Cracroft suggested names for the new subdivision based on her childhood memories. Aubrey was the family name of a previous farm manager. The lane looked like …

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Delhi Place – Named after the capital city of India, which from 1911 was named New Delhi. One of the streets in Cashmere given the name of a place in India. First appears in street directories in 1991. A small amount of information from the library website. There are many streets which have names with …

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Bengal Drive – Named after Bengal, a region in India. One of the streets in Cashmere given the name of a place in India. First appears in street directories in 1977. A small amount of information from the library website. Because this is an Indian name it is mostly likely named in connection with John …

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Eliza Place – Continues the theme used in the Aidanfield subdivision of naming the streets after members of the Order of St John Of God. Named in 2008.A wee bit of information from the library website. Eliza isn’t in the cemetery. A tiny street with modern houses and as usual in new subdivisions the footpath …

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Rosario Place – May be named after Sister Rosario Battung. Sister Rosario was professed in 1968 in Te Horo. Continues the theme in the Aidanfield subdivision of street names recognising former Sisters of the Good Shepherd Community, and place names with a strong association to the community. Named in 2010.A wee bit of information from …

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Rees St – Named after Evan Devereux Rees (1844?- 1931). Rees, a boat builder, is listed as living at 283 Oxford Terrace on the 1893 electoral roll. His house was next to the Union Rowing Club and he was the first custodian of the CRC sheds. Rees Street is first mentioned in the Star in …

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Boon Street – Formerly Smollett’s Road and Smollett Street. May have been named after Tobias George Smollett (1721- 1771). Re-named Boon Street. Probably named after C. E. Boon Ltd., bakers. Smollett was an English author. Smollett’s Road first appears in street directories in 1887. Becomes Smollett Street in 1898. Re-named Boon Street on 1 September …

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