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Bridge St in New Brighton – Named after Admiral Sir Cyprian Arthur George Bridge GCB (1839- 1924). Bridge was a British Royal Navy officer. This name continues the theme of naming streets in New Brighton after British Admirals, explorers and fighting seafarers. First mentioned in The Press in 1911. First appears in street directories in …

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Drake St in New Brighton – Named after Sir Francis Drake (1540?-1596). This name continues the theme of naming streets in New Brighton after British Admirals, explorers and fighting seafarers. Named on 26 February 1964. First appears in street directories in 1966. Date of naming supplied in 2000 by Bob Pritchard, subdivisions officer for Christchurch …

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Bellamy Ave in New Brighton – Fox Street was incorporated into Bellamy Avenue. Named after William Henry Bellamy (1858- 1923). Bellamy was a coachbuilder with Messrs Boon & Company. He served on the New Brighton Borough Council as a councillor over a period of 21 years. He also served as mayor. “He was responsible for …

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Blake St in New Brighton – Named after Admiral Robert Blake (1599-1657). Blake was also an English parliamentarian. This name continues the theme of naming streets in New Brighton after British Admirals, explorers and fighting seafarers. First mentioned in The Press in 1912 when the New Brighton Borough Council decided to recognise it as a …

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Sturdee St in South New Brighton – Named after Sir Frederick Doveton Sturdee (1859-1925). Sturdee was the flag officer of the squadron sent to avenge the destruction of two British cruisers by the German Admiral Graf von Spee in 1914. He became Admiral of the Fleet in 1921. This name continues the theme of British …

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Cromer Place in South New Brighton- Named on 21 February 1962. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Not much information on Papers Past as it was mostly ads and a few death notices. My best guess about the name of the street is that it was named after Cromer in England. I …

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Pukeko Place in South New Brighton / Southshore and there wasn’t anything on the library website about this street yet the houses here date from 1980s. Street was obviously named after a bird. I had been geocaching in the area and parked on this street as there was an entrance to Southshore Spit Reserve from …

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Stilt Lane in South New Brighton or Southshore and nothing on library website for this private lane. The library has the nearby streets in South New Brighton but google maps and real estate agents have it in Southshore. Only a couple of houses here and one dates from 1980 and the other from 2015. The …

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Heywood Tce in Richmond – Named after Heywoods, the home of George Bowron (1806- 1891) on the East Belt (later Fitzgerald Avenue)Bowron bought Rural Section 33, 50 acres on the “North Bank Avon, near Cemetery”, in 1851. He was Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, of Deeds and Deputy Commissioner of Stamps. He named his house, …

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Harvey Tce in Richmond – formerly Windsor Terrace. Named after Patrick Harvey (1880?-1949).Land for sale in Windsor Terrace is advertised in the Star in 1893. Windsor Terrace first appears in street directories in 1896 as a “continuation of Draper Street”. Re-named Harvey Terrace on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Harvey, a teacher, …

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