Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Rosamund Place in Halswell – In a joint development by Andrew James Cunningham (1906- 1985), a farmer of 250 Halswell Road, and International Homes. The street was legalised on 10 September 1970. First appears in street directories in 1972. Information supplied in 2014 by Bob Pritchard, subdivisions officer, Christchurch City Council. A small amount of …
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Cunningham Place in Halswell – Named after Andrew James Cunningham (1906-1985) Cunningham, a farmer of 250 Halswell Road, was the developer of the subdivision, the Cunningham block, in 1958. It was the first subdivision of land in Halswell. He had married Miriam Anne Anderson in 1928. First appears in street directories in 1968 Information supplied …
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Cobra Street in Halswell – Named after Gay Cobra, a racehorse. The racehorse was owned by Andrew James Cunningham, (1906-1985), a farmer of 250 Halswell Road, who developed the subdivision where the street was formed in 1960. He was living in Cobra Street at the time of his death. First appears in street directories in …
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Carol Place in Halswell – In the Oaklands subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1972. A tiny amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find out how this street got it’s name and I checked ancestry website and Papers Past. I couldn’t find any relatives of Karl Scott called Carol. It could …
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Balkwell Street in Halswell – Named after Balkwell Avenue, Newcastle Upon Tyne. John Henry “Jack” Hindess (1937-1910) was a survey cadet with Osborn & Co., the survey firm carrying out the subdivision where the street was developed. He had lived in Balkwell Avenue. Developed in 1961 by Andrew James Cunningham (1906- 1985), a farmer of …
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Jarrow Place in Halswell – Probably named after Jarrow, a town in the north-east of England. In the Oaklands subdivision. First appears in street directories in 1968. A tiny amount of in information from the library website and the new library website says Probably named after Jarrow, a town in the county of Tyne and …
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Tomes Road in St Albans – Named after Thomas Bennett Tomes (1821?- 1875). Tomes, a grazier, bought Rural Section 276, 50 acres in Papanui Road. His daughter, Emma, married John Stanley Monck (1845- 1929). A Papanui war memorial street. First mentioned in the Star in 1882 and first appears in street directories in 1892. A …
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Scotston Avenue in St Albans – Formerly Worcester Street. Named after Worcester in England, the county of origin of the early landholder, Thomas Bennett Tomes (1821?- 1875). Re-named Scotston Avenue. This was derived from Scottston or Scotstown, the name given to the block of land when owned by William Thomson (1818-1866). Tomes, a grazier, bought …
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Bennett Street in St Albans – formerly Bennett’s Street. Named after Thomas Bennett Tomes (1821?- 1875). Tomes, a grazier, bought Rural Section 276, 50 acres in Papanui Road. Bennett’s Street first appears in street directories in 1892. Becomes Bennett Street in 1918. A small amount of information from the library website and I couldn’t find …
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Lingard Street in St Albans – Named after Archdeacon Edward Atherton Lingard (1839-1903). Lingard was a schoolmaster and later vicar of St. Luke’s Anglican Church 1867-1902. The street was formed on land formerly owned by the Anglican diocese. Described as a “new” street in The Press in 1926 when the Church Property Trustees advertises sections …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project