Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Petrie Street in Richmond – formerly Leith Street. Named after George Petrie (1853-1912). Leith Street was dedicated in 1909 and is first mentioned in The Press in 1912 when land in North Richmond is advertised for sale by the church property trustees. First appears in street directories in 1912. Re-named Petrie Street in 1918. There …
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Monro Playground on the corner of Opawa Rd and Garlands Rd and I only found two entries on Papers Past under this name. The Erie Monro Playground was officially opened in December 1935. In 1934 the building of the memorial arched gates and wing walls were completed and it was decided to erect a stone …
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Garlands Rd in Hillsborough and Woolston – Named after Edward Garland (1824?-1893). Garland operated the Rocky Point Quarry in Port Hills Road. Garland’s Creek first appears in the Star in a report of a meeting of the Heathcote Road Board in 1877. The road linking Garland’s dairy farm, Hillsborough, with Opawa Road and the city, …
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The suburb of Hillsborough and yes I know that I haven’t finished researching and writing up Garlands Road. I have now walked all the streets in Hillsborough. The Wikipedia entry for Hillsborough didn’t give much information and waffled on about Edward Garland. I looked at Papers Past and Ancestry website and I soon ignored Edward …
Glenelg Spur in Hillsborough – Named after Glenelg, the home there of Cecil Claude Morton Ollivier (1878- 1935). Ollivier was an accountant, and at the time of his death, one of the city’s best-known businessmen. He had bought the house, then called Raroa, from George Bowron in 1922, and re-named it Glenelg. The driveway leading …
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Huntlywood Terrace in Hillsborough and nothing on the library website. Huntlywood is a place near the Scottish borders. The houses here were built in the 1980s and 1990s with one possibly built later than that but suspect that it was a rebuild. Only two entries on Papers Past and they were two ads for selling …
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Kentallen Terrace in Hillsborough and nothing on the library website. Kentallen is a place in Scotland between Oban and Fort William so I will have driven through it at least twice. The valuation website said that the houses were built in 1980s plus one built in 2017. The only entries on Papers Past were a …
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Dalgarven Place in Hillsborough and nothing on the library website. Dalgarven in a place in Scotland and I would have driven through it when going to Irvine to visit friends. The valuation website that I use had three houses here with the earliest being built in 1970. That is probably incorrect as Papers Past had …
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Heybridge Lane in Hillsborough and nothing on the library website which is surprising as most houses here were built in the 1960s. It was probably named after Heybridge in England. Earliest entry on Papers Past was an engagement notice in 1966. A few sections for sale in the 1960s. A few ads plus a mention …
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Chorley Place in Hillsborough and nothing on the library website. This was surprising as the houses here were built in the 1960s. The street is probably named after Chorley in England. Not much information on Papers Past and the earliest entry was a death notice in 1966. In 1977 there was a protest about a …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project