Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Hendon Street – formerly Park Lane. Probably named after Hendon, a place in the London Borough of Barnet. Park Lane first appears in street directories in 1906. Re-named Hendon Street in 1916 at the request of residents and other ratepayers A small amount of information from the library website. Another mixture of new and old …
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Edwards Avenue formerly King Edwards Avenue. Named after King Edward VII (1841-1910). From 1908 it has the alternative name of King Edwards Avenue. By 1912 it is Edward Avenue. A small amount of information from the library website. Going by information other streets in Christchurch it looks like the council in the early 1900s were …
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Allard Street – Formerly Cornhill Street. Named after either Cornhill on the Tweed or after a major English literary magazine. Re-named Allard Street. Named after Charles Allard (1850-1922). Re-named Allard Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Allard was secretary of the North Canterbury Board of Education. He was also a well-known …
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Cleveland Street – Named after Grover Cleveland (1837-1908). Cleveland was the American president 1885-1888 and 1892-1896. First appears in street directories in 1908. A small amount of information from the library website and really there is nothing more that I can add. Looks like it was possibly named the year this man died. A mixture …
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Woodville Street – First appears in The Press in 1907 when land there is advertised for sale. It is described as being in the Kensington Estate. First appears in street directories in 1909. The library website had very little information. The street has mostly older villas and most are looking good and have been done …
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Frankleigh Street – Named after the baronetcy of Frankley. [The name of the street is wrongly spelt.] A title belonging to the Lyttelton family. Several streets in this area have names associated with the Canterbury Association and, especially, the Lyttelton family. They were formed on Rural Section 76, 700 acres on the “Lower Lincoln Road, …
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Waimokihi Place and Rawlings Lane and Pablo Place and Alvarez Place. Couldn’t walk down Rawlings Lane and Pablo Place as there were no footpaths and they both looked like private driveways. Alvarez Place backs on to Oderings Nursery and is in Somerfield.Waimokihi Place wasn’t on the library website but it was the biggest street compared …
Claude Hendry Lane – Named after Claude Benjamin Hendry (1901- 1960) Hendry was the land owner at one stage. First appears in street directories in 1983. A small amount of information from the library website.I actually decided not to walk this one as it looked more like a private driveway and it led to about …
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Sefton Place formerly Sefton Street – Sefton Street first appears in street directories in 1947. Becomes Sefton Place in 1987.Kinver Place – Named in 1966. The library website had very little information. Both streets looked like they had old Housing Corp houses on them. Sefton Place had some brand new houses that were really small …
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Wilmer Street – Named after George Wilmer (1816-1904). Wilmer imported horses and cattle, leased Packer’s brewery and founded the Christchurch Veterans’ Cricket Club. He lived in Durham Street near where this street was developed. In 1903, he was supposedly the oldest cricketer in the world. A reasonable amount of information from the library website. A …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project