Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Mariposa Crescent – Named after the steamer Mariposa. The Sisters of the Good Shepherd Order travelled to New Zealand on the steamer Mariposa in 1887. The street names in the Aidanfield subdivision are those of former Sisters of the Good Shepherd Order and former residents of the Good Shepherd Sisters’ Home at Halswell. Named in …
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McMahon Drive – Named after Sister Antonia (Letitia) McMahon (1894- 1976). Sister Antonia was born in Victoria and worked in Christchurch approximately 1915- 1960. The street names in the Aidanfield subdivision are those of former Sisters of the Good Shepherd Order and former residents of the Good Shepherd Sisters’ Home at Halswell. Named in 2001. …
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Penbury Street – Formerly Aynsleys Alley, No 2. Named after the Murray-Aynsley family. Re-named Percy Street. Named after Hugh Percy MurrayAynsley (1828- 1917). Re-named Leith Street and later Penbury Street. Probably named after Penbury in Kent.Aynsleys Alley, No 2 was renamed Percy Street in 1889. Murry-Aynsley probably owned the land where the street was formed. …
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Lawson Street – Formerly Elizabeth Street. Conway Street was incorporated into Lawson Street. It ran from Queen Street (later Buchan Street) to Hawdon Street. Named after Henry Lawson (1867- 1922) Elizabeth Street appears on an 1879 map and first appears in street directories in 1887. Re-named Lawson Street in 1909. The Star says Elizabeth Street …
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Harold Street – Formerly Aynsleys Alley No 4 and Aynsley Street. Named after Hugh Percy Murray-Aynsley (1828-1917). Aynsleys Alley No 4 was re-named Aynsley Street in 1889. Murray-Aynsley probably owned the land where this street was formed. Re-named Harold Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named.Interesting information from library website but doesn’t …
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Bath Street – Probably named after the cathedral city of Bath in Somerset, England.Not much information from library website. A short street and it has South City Mall on side and various businesses on the other side. On the Colombo St corner there is an old hotel called New City Hotel and it looks very …
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Albert Tce – Named after Albert Ernest Small (1863?- 1941). In electoral rolls of 1914, Small, a fruitgrower, is listed living at 69 Albert Terrace.A small amount of information on the library website. It goes from Centaurus Rd roundabout where there is a garage and a shop. Another mixture of new and old houses with …
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Hillsborough Tce – Formerly Victoria Road. Named after HM Queen Victoria (1819- 1901). Re-named Hillsborough Terrace. Named because it runs through the suburb of Hillsborough which, in turn, was named after the dairy farm of Edward Garland (1824-1893). Interesting information from the library website. Again quite a few rebuilt houses especially the end of the …
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April Place – Part of Willock Street April Place was named in 1997 at the request of residents.Nothing much on the library website and I didn’t manage to get a photo. Again mostly rebuilt modern and boring houses.
The Crescent – nothing on library website for this street. All the houses were brand new here and all but one of them looked very modern. There was one empty section still. The older looking house was lovely and I ended up talking to the owner. The house was rebuilt after the earthquakes but he …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project