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Pennine Way in Huntsbury and nothing on library website about it. It will be named after the Pennine Way in the UK. I would love to walk the UK Pennine Way in full one day but have walked parts of it. Only 12 very modern houses here with great views. I was amused by the …

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Postbridge Lane in Huntsbury and nothing on the library website. The name sounded familiar and when I googled I realised why I recognised it. Postbridge is a hamlet in Dartmoor and I recommend googling Hairy Hands. Only 7 houses here and no footpath. Because of the sign at the beginning of the lane I thought …

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Swanton Drive in Huntsbury – This name continues the theme used in the subdivision of naming the streets after English villages and localities. Named in 1998. A small amount of information from the library website. Most houses were built in 2000s but a few were built between 2017 and 2022. Great views over Christchurch and …

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Tideswell Lane in Huntsbury and nothing on library website. Probably named after the village Tideswell which is in the Peak District. There is one house from 2000 but the rest are after 2015. Looks like there is at least two more houses being built with the fencing blocking the top of the street and there …

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Westview Place in Huntsbury and there wasn’t anything on library website about it yet most houses were built in the 2000s. The name is probably because of the views to the mountains. Great views and there are still houses being built here. There was one house that really appealed to me and I actually got …

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Tiroroa Lane in Huntsbury – Tiroroa means: long view or extensive view. Developed at 200 Huntsbury Avenue. Named in 1998. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Not many houses here and most were built in 2000s with a couple of more recent houses. It does have a footpath but I gave up …

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Chittagong Lane in Cashmere – Named after Chittagong, a city in southeastern Bangladesh. One of the streets in Cashmere given the name of a place in India. Formed post-1997. A tiny amount of information from the library and Chittagong is actually in Bangladesh which has been a separate country since 1947. A slightly confused little …

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Garth Tce in Cashmere – Walkers Valley Road and Walker Terrace. Both Walkers Valley Road and Walker Terrace appear for the first time in street directories in 1928. Re-named Garth Terrace which first appears in street directories in 1950. A small amount of information from the library website. Very little information on Papers Past. In …

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Gwynfa Ave in Cashmere- formerly Hawthorn Avenue or Hawthorne Avenue. Re-named Gwynfa Avenue. Named after a loop on the hills extension of the tram on Hackthorne Road. This was named because the name Gwynfa was on a gate immediately opposite this stop. There was some argument about the name of the loop, and this was …

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Shalamar Drive in Cashmere – Named after the Shalimar Gardens in Lohore, Pakistan. [The misspelling of Shalimar (Shalamar) happened when the subdivision was registered.]Sir John Cracroft Wilson (1808- 1881), a judge, farmer and politician, lived in the Old Stone House and employed a number of Indians who lived here in small structures by the roadside. …

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