Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
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Warwick Street in Richmond – formerly George Street. Named after Warwick, a town in Warwickshire, England. George Street first appears in street directories in 1887. Re-named Warwick Street on 7 March 1904. Among a number of streets re-named in 1904 and given the names of place-names in the United Kingdom A small amount of information …
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Gowerton Place in Richmond – formerly Part of Vogel Street. Named after Gowerton in Wales. Gowerton was the birthplace of George Manning (1887- 1976), the mayor of Christchurch 1958-1968. Every year at Gowerton School a major prizegiving award is given in Sir George’s memory as he attended the school. Named in 1959. A small amount …
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Broad Street – Broad Street, Woolston first appears in The Lyttelton Times in 1906 when R Davidson is advertising for the owner of a stray bay gelding to collect it from his property. A small amount of information from the library website. On Papers Past I had to limit my search to Broad Street Woolston …
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Langdons Road in Papanui and Northcote – Named after Thomas Langdon (1832?-1904). Langdon was at first a farmer and later a butcher. Langdon and “his road” are first mentioned in the Star in 1872 in a report of a meeting of the Avon Road Board. He is a resident of Langdons Road in 1887, the …
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When researching some streets in the Papanui area I came across Kruse Drain and Kruse’s Drain. Then when I was looking at cemetery records for Thomas Langdon I found Carl Deidrich Kruse in the same cemetery. He lived in the Papanui area and Papers Past frequently mentioned Kruse’s drain. It was a natural water course …
Sails Street formerly Sail’s Road. in Papanui – Named after James Sail (1819- 1908). Sail arrived in Canterbury on the Charlotte Jane in December 1850 and lived on Harewood Road, Papanui for 54 years. He helped form the Bridle Path and was for some time employed by the Hon. John Watts-Russell at Ilam. He also …
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Langstone Lane – Named because the developer wished to continue the “lang” theme of Langdons Road. Named in 2001. Small amount of information from the library website. Information from Council website – PAP/20007506 154-160 Langdons Road C Inns – Papanui Ward An access allotment and right of way has been constructed to serve three residential …
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Ellery Street in Northcote and nothing on the library website for this street. The valuation website that I use claims that the houses here were built between 1980 and 2010 but most were actually built in the 1950s. The earliest mention on Papers Past is a MED ad in 1954. Can anyone else remember when …
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Chapel Street in Papanui – Formerly Myrniong Street. Named after Myrniong, a large house which once existed in this street. The house was named after Myrniong, a small town near Melbourne. This, in turn, was named after the murmong plant, an Aboriginal name for the yam daisy. Re-named Chapel Street. Named because of the Wesleyan …
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Shadbolt Boulevard in Woolston – Formerly Staunton Street. Named after Cora Bessie Staunton (1902-1948). Re-named Shadbolt Boulevard. Named after Howard Leslie Shadbolt (d. 1999). Cora Staunton was the matron of the North Canterbury Hospital Board’s Jubilee Home 1938- 1948. At the time there was an entrance to the Home from the street. Named in 1958. …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project