Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Hean Road in Halswell – Victor Hean (1901-1979) designed the former Halswell Quarry Manager’s house in Halswell Quarry. The house was built in 1926-1927. Hean was Christchurch City Council’s architect at the time he designed the house. During his time at Christchurch City Council he was responsible for designing many other Christchurch notable buildings, such …
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Ned Place in Halswell – Ned Paterson was Quarry Manager of Halswell Quarry from 1901 to 1938. Paterson House in the Quarry Park is named after Ned Paterson. Ned worked under owners R Pitcaithly and Son (1899 -1925) and Christchurch City Council from 1925 to his retirement in 1938. Under Ned’s watch the quarry development …
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Pitcaithly Street in Halswell – Pitcaithly and Co purchased the Halswell Quarry in 1899. The quarry supplied stone for the Sign of the Takahe, the Robert McDougall Gallery and some Dunedin buildings during their tenure. The quarry was made into a public company during their ownership, and was sold to the Christchurch City Council in …
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Piopio Lane in Halswell – A now extinct bird that use to inhabit the forest margins and riverbanks of the area. Piopios are part of the Oriolidae family of birds being the Old World family of passerine birds. Passerine birds are also known as songbirds, with the Piopio is particularly known to mimic calls of …
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Riroriro Lane in Halswell – Riroriro is a native New Zealand bird part of the Acanthizidae bird family. Also known as grey warbler. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. A small amount of information from the council minutes about naming of the streets in this subdivision. This lane is so new that it isn’t on …
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Cabbage Close in Halswell – Cabbage Street – William “Cabbage” Wilson, was Christchurch’s first mayor. He has significant links to the Halswell area, being an owner of the quarry between 1872 and 1886. William was a politician and nurseryman. He was known as “Cabbage” because he used to wear a hat made out of cabbage. …
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Hawthorne Park in Hoon Hay. This technically isn’t a street and the houses have Sparks Rd addresses but there is a signpost with the street name on it. At least one house is an exclusive B&B
Benrogan Drive, Perks Drive and Eastman Drive in Halswell. Too new to be on library website and the roads are still only half formed. No houses yet. The land was was sold in 2020 and had a 1970s house on it. The nearby wetlands area is called Eastman Wetlands and it is possibly named after …
Shorthorn Lane in Halswell – too new for library website. Shorthorn is a cattle breed but can’t find any evidence of cattle having ever been on this land. The subdivision was described as a boutique subdivision which usually means expensive. The houses here are huge on fairly large sections and built between 2021 and 2023. …
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Rempstone Drive in Halswell – Named after Rempstone, a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England. Named because it runs alongside the Nottingham Stream. First appears in street directories in 1995. A small amount of information from the library website. Most houses were built in the 1990s but a few were …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project