Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project
I love walking and history and this project covers both interests
Korora Street in Bromley and nothing on the library website. I checked both the old and new street information on the library website. Luckily I found an article from 1972 where six streets are mentioned as being named after the Maori names for birds that live in the Estuary. It was a new subdivision in …
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Pateke Place in Bromley and nothing on the library website. I checked both the old and new street information on the library website. Luckily I found an article from 1972 where six streets are mentioned as being named after the Maori names for birds that live in the Estuary. It was a new subdivision in …
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Takapu Place in Bromley and nothing on the library website. I checked both the old and new street information on the library website. Luckily I found an article from 1972 where six streets are mentioned as being named after the Maori names for birds that live in the Estuary. It was a new subdivision in …
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Taranui Place in Bromley and nothing on the library website. I checked both the old and new street information on the library website. Luckily I found an article from 1972 where six streets are mentioned as being named after the Maori names for birds that live in the Estuary. It was a new subdivision in …
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Kuaka Crescent in Bromley and nothing on the library website. I checked both the old and new street information on the library website. Luckily I found an article from 1972 where six streets are mentioned as being named after the Maori names for birds that live in the Estuary. It was a new subdivision in …
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Cox Street in Merivale – Named after Alfred Cox (1825- 1911). Cox was a gentleman of Merivale and a resident of the street in 1894. First appears in street directories in 1892 A small amount of information from the the library website and no Alfred Cox was not living in this street in 1894. Took …
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Stirling Street in Merivale – formerly Constance Street. Constance Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1903 in a report of a meeting of the St Albans Borough Council. First appears in street directories in 1906. Re-named Stirling Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. A small amount of information from …
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Akela Street in Merivale – Formerly Milsom Street. Named after Joseph Milsom (1820-1902). Re-named Akela Street. Named after Nellie Christensen (1927-1947), an Akela (cub leader). Milsom was a St Albans borough councillor elected 1885. Milsom Street first appears in street directories in 1896. Re-named Akela Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. …
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Broken Run in Halswell or Wigram – Named because, before development, the land was a grazing farm with a natural valley and waterway splitting the farm into two halves, thus being a broken farm or run. The first spine road into the Broken Run subdivision. Named by the developers, Brian Gillman Ltd. Named in 2005. …
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Longspur Avenue in Halswell or Wigram – Named after Longspur, a high country station near the Rakaia Gorge. The streets in the Broken Run subdivision are all named after high country stations. Named by the developers, Brian Gillman Ltd. Named in 2005. A small amount of information from the library website. It is another street …
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Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project