Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
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Marriner Street – formerly Grafton Street Named after Henry James Marriner (1865- 1950). Marriner was a warehouseman and the mayor of Sumner 1910- 1912. While he was mayor, a start was made on the stabilisation of the foreshore, with the construction of the sea wall between the tramway bridge and the pier, where the sea …
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Esplanade formerly Sumner Esplanade. First appears in street directories in 1910. Becomes Esplanade from 1918.Not much information on the library website. Note John Bird Sumner was a busy man with the number of streets associated with him.Houses are only on one side of the street as there is a walkway above the beach on the …
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Nga Mahi Road – Nga Mahi means: the works and was used because this property belonged to the Ministry of Works for many years. Its broader meaning is that this is a place where work is undertaken by the businesses that have established themselves in the subdivision. A through road for a business zone subdivision …
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Alloy Street – Named after Alloy Steel (NZ) Ltd., Main South Road, Sockburn. Formed alongside this engineering firm. Named in 1958 by the property owner.Not much information on the library website. Not much on the street. This very much an industrial area and I actually didn’t notice if the business that the street is named …
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Plymouth Lane – formerly King’s Lane, off Cashel Street, first appears in street directories in 1924. The name change was originally suggested on 24 May 1926 but the official change to Plymouth Lane was not made until 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Named after Plymouth in England from whence the First Four …
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Taupata Street – Formerly Slater Street. Named after Henry Slater Richards (1860?- 1926). Also formerly William Street. Probably named after Augustus William Bennetts (1860-1936). Re-named . Slater Street and William Street first appear in street directories in 1910. Richards was a land agent and Bennetts was an auctioneer. Both men were members of the syndicate …
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Beachville Road – Runs along Redcliffs Beach. In 1922, Beach Street, Causeway Road and Estuary Road “from Sumner Road to The Cutting, Redcliffs” were re-named Estuary Road. Estuary Road was renamed Beachville Road on 1 September 1948. Small amount of information on the library website. A pleasant street along the edge of the estuary and …
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Kotzikas Place – Named after Kypros Kotzikas (1944-). Kotzikas is managing director of United Fisheries. First appears in street directories in 1987 A small amount of information from the library website. This is a short street in a business district in Wigram but I would have thought that it was in Middleton. Obviously the main …
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Renwick Place runs off Kinnaird Place and there was no information on the library website. It was a pleasant wee street and most houses were summerhill stone. Two houses had great little forts / tree huts for children. I know a couple who live on this street but couldn’t remember which house they live in. …
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Kinnaird Place – Named after Kinnaird, a house in Lincoln Road. Peter Duncan (1838- 1907), a blacksmith, manufacturing engineer and founder of P & D Duncan Ltd., built the house in 1880 on 5 acres of land leased from the Church of England. The property, in turn, was named after a castle near Duncan’s Brechin …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project