Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
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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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Charles Gallagher Place in Bexley Red Zone – Named after Charles Vaughan Gallagher (1918- 1974). Gallagher was the foundation headmaster of Shirley Boys’ High School 1957-1970. First appears in street directories in 1981. A small amount of information from the library website and yes he had been headmaster at Shirley Boys’ High School but is …
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Arncliff Street in Bexley Red Zone – Formerly Alexandra Street. Named after HM Queen Alexandra (1844- 1925), consort of King Edward VII. Re-named Arncliff Street. Probably named after Arncliffe in North Yorkshire, England. Alexandra Street first appears in street directories in 1914. Re-named Arncliff Terrace in 1933 by the Public Utilities Committee of the Heathcote …
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Waikare Lane in Bexley Red Zone and nothing on library website. Only one entry on Papers Past and that was a death notice in 1988. I vaguely knew the person from my days at Barrington Post Office. This was a tiny lane that ran off Waitaki St and going by street view for 2007 it …
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