Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
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Hockey Street in Bishopdale – Named after the Hockey family. The family were early settlers in the Papanui area. Both Arthur and Frederick Hockey farmed on Harewood Road. Frederick William Hockey (1883?-1961), a farmer, sold land for state housing in the Harewood Road, Wairakei Road area in 1955. Named in 1961. A small amount of …
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Ron Place in Bishopdale – Named after Ronald Hamilton Gee (1913- 1983). Gee was chief health inspector for the Waimairi County County until 1977. For a time it was a policy of the Waimairi County Council to give cul de sacs short names to fit printed maps. Named in 1973. A small amount of information …
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I have now walked all the streets in the suburb of Somerfield so I thought that I would check out the name of the suburb. It is named after Somerfield Farm. Edward Brenchley Bishop who came out to New Zealand on the Charlotte Jane was born at Somerfield House in Maidstone in Kent. He came …
Ashgrove Tce – formerly River Road and Ashgrove Road. River Road was renamed Ashgrove Road by the Spreydon Road Board in 1911. First appears in street directories in 1913. Becomes Ashgrove Terrace by 1917. A small amount of information from the library website. Ash trees were mentioned a few times in Papers Past in connection …
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Taylors Avenue in Bryndwr – formerly Taylor’s Road. Named after Joseph Taylor (1836-1918). Taylor came to New Zealand in 1863 on the ship Captain Cook. He became involved with contracting, importing carts and harnesses from England, and worked on forming roads for the Riccarton and other Road Boards. In 1866 he bought 116 acres, land …
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Candys Road in Halswell – formerly Candy’s Road. Named after Charles Benjamin Candy (1825- 1905). Candy ran a dairying and cheesemaking business in Halswell 1875-1902. He took up the land where Candys Road was later developed. A tender was accepted by the Spreydon Road Board for the gravelling of Candy’s Road in 1875. First appears …
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Hindess Street in Halswell – Named after John Henry “Jack” Hindess (1937- 2010). Hindess was a survey cadet with Osborn & Co., the survey firm carrying out the subdivision where the street was developed. Developed in 1961 by Andrew James Cunningham, a farmer of 250 Halswell Road. First appears in street directories in 1964. Information …
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Ensign Street in Halswell – Named after the Mataura Ensign, a newspaper first published in Gore, Southland. Named by the developer, Karl Scott (1910-1997). A journalist, he was employed by the Mataura Ensign in his first job. This newspaper was named after the Scottish newspaper the Northern Ensign and was first published on 10 May …
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Shanaway Close in Halswell – In the Oaklands subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1987. A tiny amount of information on the library website. I couldn’t find out the reason for the name and there wasn’t anyone with that surname in New Zealand that I could find. I check ancestry website and cemetery databases. …
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Rowanwood Close in Halswell – In the Oaklands subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1992. A tiny amount of information from the library website. This street runs off Lancewood Drive and it is probably named after a tree. Only 8 entries on Papers Past and they were ads. There was a section for sale …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project