Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Selwyn Street – Named after George Augustus Selwyn (1809- 1878). Selwyn was the first Bishop of New Zealand 1841-1868 and later Bishop of Lichfield 1868- 1878. The library website information was brief for a long street that is also an old street. I walked this street yesterday and started from the Beckenham end. There are …
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Strickland Street – formerly Old Christchurch Road -Probably named after Agnes Strickland (1796- 1874). Old Christchurch Road appears on an 1879 map but never in street directories. Strickland Street is 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. …
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Lincoln Rd – Named after Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham Clinton, Earl of Lincoln 1811-1851 and 5th Duke of Newcastle from 1851 (1811- 1864). The earl was a foundation member of the Canterbury Association in 1848 and from 1851 a member of the management committee. In addition he was Godley’s friend and patron. That was a …
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Jack Hinton Drive – Named after John Daniel “Jack” Hinton (1909- 1997) – Hinton served in the Middle East and in Greece during World War II and won the Victoria Cross. Rugby league identity Bill Whitehead suggested the street name. The street goes past what was Rugby League Park and Addington Park of which Hinton …
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Anderson Street -Some of the streets in the vicinity of the Addington Railway Workshops were named after railway employees. First mentioned in The Press in 1878 when sections in “the great township of Crewe” are advertised for sale. First appears in street directories in 1910.A bit of information from the library website and I plan …
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Lowe Street – Some of the streets in the vicinity of the Addington Railway Workshops were named after railway employees. May have been originally a paper road running along the southern boundary of the Canterbury Saleyards Company’s land. First mentioned in The Press in 1878 when sections in Lowe Street in the “Great Township of …
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Tyne Street – Formerly Smith Street. Named after Albert George Smith (1847?-1914). Re-named Tyne Street. Smith was the Locomotive Superintendent at Riccarton. Some of the streets in the vicinity of the Addington Railway Workshops are named after railway employees. Smith Street first appears in street directories in 1900. Re-named Tyne Street on 27 September 1948. …
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Taramea Place – Elliott Street and Taramea Street. Elliott Street first appears in street directories in 1905. Re-named Taramea Street in 1908. Becomes Taramea Place in 1983. Not much information on the library website. This street runs from Lincoln Rd to Brougham / Barrington Streets. A couple of nice houses but many were looking rundown. …
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Pope Street – Some of the streets in this vicinity were named after railway employees. First appears in the Star in 1894 when a “house fronting Pope Street” is advertised for sale. It is described as being in “Crewe, Addington”. A bit of information from the library website and will be researching this one as …
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Knight Place – Named because the street runs off Princess Street. In a development by the Ngāi Tahu Property Group. Knight Street was named in 2000. Re-named Knight Place. A wee bit of information from the library website. A small street that I was unable to walk as it was blocked by a big gate. …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project