Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Te Repo Drive in Halswell and too new for the library website. A tiny amount from the Council website – the original name of the John Miln’s estate. The meaning of Te Repo is wetlands or swamps which is suitable for this area. I wouldn’t buy a house here and it is potentially a future …
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Lochhead Avenue in Halswell and too new for library website. A tiny amount of information from the council website – Robert Lochhead is understood to have been an owner of the property in the 1930’s. I searched Papers Past and ancestry website but couldn’t find a Robert Lochhead living here. There were a couple in …
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Allied Road in Halswell and too new for the library website. A small amount of information from the council website – This is a name of significance to the family, as it is the name of the first business started by the developer’s father. The houses here were built in 2021 and 2022 but nothing …
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Dunning Way in Halswell and too new for the library website. Tiny amount of information from the council website – This is understood to be an area of Perthshire where John Miln was born. Ancestry website have John Miln as being born in a place called Forgandenny but this is only a few miles from …
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Grange Street in Hillsborough – Named after The Grange, the home of Dr James William Earle (1805-1878). Earle emigrated on the Randolph in 1850. He bought Rural Section 44, 50 acres, “Christchurch District, near Hills Road” (later Port Hills Road). He practised medicine in Lyttelton, later moving to Opawa where he built The Grange. Edward …
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Connal Street in Woolston – Formerly Victoria Terrace. Named after HM Queen Victoria (1819-1901). Re-named Connal Street. Victoria Terrace was named in 1884 when the Woolston Town Board decided that “the Cemetery Road, Princess Street and the terrace, from Mardon’s Road (Maronan Street) to Barton Street, (would be re-named) Victoria Terrace”. Re-named Connal Street on …
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Appian Lane in Scarborough and nothing on the library website. I couldn’t find anything on the council website about the naming of this street. The only Appian that I know is the Appian Way near Rome. I actually walked the Appian Way in 2016 when I was staying in Rome. I didn’t actually walk this …
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Riselaw Street in Mairehau – Developed on land previously a farm owned by Arthur William Emmett (d. 1948) and sold after his death. Part of the land was bought by the government for a state housing area “laid out on modern town planning lines”. It was referred to as Emmetts Block. Named on 24 June …
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Lynn Place in Mairehau – formerly Lynn Street. Developed on farmland previously owned by Arthur William Emmett (d. 1948) and sold after his death. Part of the land was bought by the government for a state housing area “laid out on modern town planning lines”. It was referred to as Emmetts Block. Lynn Street was …
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Dawe Street in Mairehau – Developed on farmland previously owned by Arthur William Emmett (d. 1948) and sold after his death. Part of the land was bought by the government for a state housing area “laid out on modern town-planning lines”. It was referred to as Emmetts Block. Named on 24 June 1948. First appears …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project