Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Kokopu Lane in Bexley Red Zone and nothing on library website. The young of Kokopu are what we know as whitebait and they are very delicious. The houses that had been here probably dated from the late 1990s but they have all been demolished. There was an article online from January 2012 about the demolition …
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Velsheda Street in the Bexley Red Zone- Named after the Velsheda, a racing yacht. In the Pacific Park subdivision. Named in 1997. A tiny amount of information from the library website. There is a street called Velsheda Road in a place called Shirley in the UK which confused me briefly. There is a wikipedia page …
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York Street – Formerly Balls Road. Named after Robert Ball (1822?-1890).Ball, his wife Jane (1825- 1887) and son Robert (b. 1854?) arrived in Lyttelton on the Mystery in 1859. Ball worked as a blacksmith and later established a coach service and blacksmith’s shop in Balls Road. He ran a coach to Opawa in January 1880, …
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Grafton St in Waltham – Formerly William Street. Named after William Barbour Wilson (1819-1897). Re-named Grafton Street. Wilson was a nurseryman, businessman and local politician. In a subdivision of Rural Section 48, land owned by William Wilson (1819-1897). William Street appears on an 1874/75 Deposit Plan. First appears in the Star in an advertisement in …
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Short St in Waltham – Formerly Elizabeth Street. Probably named after Elizabeth Wilson, née Williams (b.1836?). Re-named Short Street. Named because it is a short street leading to Te Wai Pounamu Maori Girls’ College. Elizabeth Wilson was the eldest daughter of John and Isabella Williams and wife of William Barbour Wilson (1819-1897). Wilson was a …
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Henry St in Waltham – Named after Henry Wilson. Wilson was the fourth son of William Barbour Wilson (1819-1897), nurseryman, businessman and local politician, and his wife, Elizabeth. He married Charlotte Cox of Featherston. He was in the hardware trade in Christchurch for a number of years and died in England. In a subdivision of …
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Hornbrook Street in Waltham- formerly Hornbrook Lane. Named after Major Alfred Hornbrook (1814- 1898) and his wife, Sarah Frances Anne Hornbrook, née Hewit, (1830?- 1913). Hornbrook owned Risingholme and Mrs Hornbrook ran a boarding-school at the corner of Wilsons Road and this street. Hornbrook Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1886. It is …
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Ferry Road – formerly Sumner Road, Ashbourne Road and Regent Street. Formerly Sumner Road. Named after John Bird Sumner (1780-1862). Re-named Ferry Road. Named because it was the road leading to the ferry at the Heathcote River. From St Asaph Street to the East Belt (later Fitzgerald Avenue) was formerly Sumner Road. Sumner was an …
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Port Hills Rd in Heathcote Valley and Hillsborough – formerly Hills Rd. Port Hills Road follows the lower slopes of Murray Aynsley and was once used to avoid ferry fees. Hills Road, Opawa, was renamed the Port Hills Road by the Heathcote Road Board in 1909. Port Hills Road first appears in street directories in …
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Alderson Ave in Hillsborough – Named after William Stanley Alderson (1890-1974) and his sons, William Stanley Alderson (1915-2004) and Douglas Alderson (1922-1977). The Aldersons managed the Glenmore Products Ltd., brick and tile manufacturers, 1946-1965. First appears in street directories in 1991. A small amount of information from the library website. Not much information on Papers …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project