Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
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Waitaki Street in Bexley Red Zone – High Street was incorporated into Wai-iti Street and both were incorporated into Waitaki Street. High Street first appears in street directories in 1916. Wai-iti Street first appears in street directories in 1921. High Street was incorporated into Wai-iti Street in February 1933 by the Public Utilities Committee of …
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Wairoa Street in Bexley Red Zone – formerly Wainui Street. Wainui Street appears in the Methodist marriage church register in 1914 when Elsie Mary Hall of Wainui Street, New Brighton married George Ellis. At the time Bexley would have been popularly considered part of New Brighton although it was outside the borough. Wainui Street first …
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Orari Street in Bexley Red Zone – Regent Street and Raleigh Street. Regent Street first appears in street directories in 1928 with the alternate name of Raleigh Street. Re-named Orari Street in 1951. A tiny amount of information from the library website. There wasn’t much information on Papers Past. The usual death notices. Under the …
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Bexley Road in Bexley Red Zone – formerly Lower Flat Road. Named because it runs through the suburb of Bexley which, in turn, is named after Bexley in England. Lower Flat Road is first mentioned in the Star in 1881 in a report of a meeting of the Drainage Board. It does not appear in …
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Brook Street in Bexley Red Zone – First appears in street directories in 1914. A tiny amount of information from the library website. I found a reasonable amount of information on Papers Past but probably missed a lot of information. There were a lot of streets with the same name in New Zealand. Lots of …
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Everton Road and Victoria Street. Off Bexley Road. Victoria Street was renamed Everton Road on 22 November 1932. Disappears from street directories in 1987. Anthony Road formerly Albert Road. Off Bexley Road. Albert Road first appears in street directories in 1952. Re-named Anthony Road in 1955. Stopped when the Pacific Park subdivision was developed in …
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Birch Street in Bexley Red Zone – First mentioned in The Press in 1912 when a “cheap building site” is advertised for sale there. First appears in street directories in 1918. A small amount of information from the library website and I found the same ad from 1912. The owner of the land was leaving …
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Morganwood Street in Bexley Red Zone and nothing on library website. This was surprising as the library mentioned Morganwood subdivision in connection with two nearby streets. I couldn’t find out much information about this street apart from it being part of the Morganwood subdivision that was built on reclaimed wetlands. The street ran from Wetlands …
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Brynn Lane in Bexley Red Zone – Named after the Brynn Stream in County Cork in Ireland. Named in 2007. A tiny amount of information from the library website. This street ran off Almont Gardens and would have been in the Morganwood subdivision. I couldn’t find out any other information about the street but Quake …
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Almont Gardens in the Bexley Red Zone – In the Morganwood subdivision. Named in 1996. A tiny amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find out much information about this street or the subdivision apart from the subdivision being built on reclaimed wetlands. That was seriously not a good idea. Street view from …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project