Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
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Elgin Street – Formerly part of Fifth Street. The streets south of, and parallel to, Moorhouse Avenue were named in numerical order. Re-named Bowen Street. Probably named after Sir Charles Christopher Bowen (1830- 1917). Re-named Elgin Street. The section of Fifth Street west of Colombo Street through to Durham Street was re-named Bowen Street in …
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Antrim Street -Named after County Antrim, one of six counties forming Northern Ireland. Named in 1927 at the request of the estate of W. Walls, the owner of the land subdivided to form the street. A small amount of information from the library website. I am not sure why it is called Antrim as the …
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Milton Street – Cowper Street was incorporated into Milton Street. Appears as Restell’s Road on an 1879 map. Named after John Pain Restell (1825-1885) who owned a farm there which was subdivided in the late 1870s. Milton Street was named after John Milton (1607- 1674); Cowper Street after William Cowper (1731-1768). One of the “poets …
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Buchan Street – Named after John Buchan (1875- 1940). Queen Street first appears in street directories in 1887. Re-named Buchan Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were renamed. Buchan was a novelist, publisher and politician. Continues the theme of “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of …
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Browning Street – Formerly Lytton Street. Named after Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873). Re-named Browning Street. Named after Robert Browning (1812-1889). Lytton was an author. One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council on 19 January 1880. Re-named Browning Street on 11 …
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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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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project