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Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Fair Place Named after Hoon Hay Arthur Fair (18851951). Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Suburb Additional information See Alpers Place, Barrowclough In a 145-acre housing Road, Callan Place, subdivision planned by the Dalglish Place, housing division of the Haslam Crescent, Ministry of Works. The land Herdman Road, was purchased from the Leicester Crescent, Church Property Trustees and McCarthy Street, the Loughnan estate. Myers Place, In 1968 the street names sub- Northcroft Road, committee of the council felt O'Leary Street, that as Halswell was named Ostler Place, after a prominent English Salmond Road and Queen's Counsel it would be Stanton Crescent. appropriate to record the names of judges in street names there. Many of them had been QCs or KCs before appointment to the Bench. Fair was a lawyer and judge. Page 1 of 127 Source Further information “Judges’ names”, "New Halswell The Press, 17 subdivision", The September 1968, p 1 Press, 8 December 1960, p 19 "Hoon Hay subdivision provides 570 sections", The Press, 30 September 1964, p 1 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Fairfield Avenue Named after Addington Fairfield, a large house which stood where Fairfield Avenue was later developed. Fairford Street Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Suburb Additional information Source Further information The source has a photograph of the house taken on 28 August 1863. H. J. Tancred, a member of the General Assembly lived at Fairfield. A Canterbury album: collodion photography in Canterbury, 18571880, p 30 Sydenham : the model borough of old Christchurch : an informal history, p 19 Fairfield Avenue was formed through Rural Section 17. This was 50 acres on the “south of Christchurch” purchased by John Tucker. Province of Canterbury, New Zealand : list of sections purchased to April 30 1863, p 1 Named in 1899 at the request of Messrs Harman and Stevens, land and commission agents. “Rural Sections chosen”, The Lyttelton Times, 1 March 1851, p 6 First appears in street directories in 1901. "Borough Councils", Star, 18 April 1899, p1 Named after Bishopdale About 1963 the Waimairi Fairford, a town in County Council minuted a Gloucestershire, policy that all its streets be England. The named after English place town lies in the names. Cotswolds on the First appears in street River Coln. directories in 1968. Page 2 of 127 See “Street names”, The Papanui Herald, 17 April 1973, p 9 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Fairmile Place Russley First appears in street directories in 1964. Fairview Street Somerfield Named in 1927 at the Dacre Street suggestion of Thomas Sydney Dacre (1883-1943), a barrister and solicitor. Source Further information "Names of streets", The Press, 13 September 1927, p 11 “Obituary, Mr T. S. Dacre”, The Press, 12 May 1943, p 5 "New streets, names selected", The Press, 27 September 1927, p8 Fairway Drive Named because it is near the Shirley Golf Club. Shirley The streets in the Fairway Park subdivision are all named after American golf courses because it is near the Shirley Links, at the Christchurch Golf Club. Named post-1997. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 3 of 127 Baltimore Green, Birkdale Drive, Falconridge Place, Ironwood Lane, Lytham Green, Pepperwood Place, Ridgewood Place, Wild Dunes Place, Wildhawk Lane and Wilmington Place. Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Falcon Street Drake Street, Scott Street Origin of name Suburb Additional information Formerly Drake Street. Named after Sir Francis Drake (1540?1596). New Brighton Drake Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1913. Re-named Scott Street and later Falcon Street. Named after Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912). First appears in street directories in 1916. Re-named Scott Street in 1920 by the New Brighton Borough Council. Re-named Falcon Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Scott was an Antarctic explorer. Falconridge Place Named after Shirley Falcon Ridge Golf Course in Stacy, Minnesota. The streets in the Fairway Park subdivision are all named after American golf courses because it is near the Shirley Links, at the Christchurch Golf Club. Named in 2002. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 4 of 127 See Source Further information “Craddock, McCrostie Company”, The Press, 10 February 1913, p 8 “New names for streets”, The Press, 2 June 1948, p 3 “New street names”, The Press, “Borough Councils”, 24 July 1948, p 2 The Press, 9 November 1920, p 3 "Street names changed: City council approves final list", The Press, 24 August 1948, p 3 Baltimore Green, Burwood/Pegasus Birkdale Drive, Community Board Fairway Drive, agenda 17 June 2002 Ironwood Lane, Pepperwood Place, Ridgewood Place, Wild Dunes Place, Wildhawk Lane and Wilmington Place. Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Falsgrave Street Probably named after Falsgrave in North Yorkshire. Waltham According to the minutes of the Sydenham Borough Council the formation and metalling of this street was completed by 1880. See Source Further information Sydenham Borough Council minute book 1879-1880, p 208, held at Christchurch City Council archives. First mentioned in The Press in 1880 in a report of a meeting of the Sydenham Borough Council. “Sydenham Borough Council”, The Press, 31 August 1880, p 3 First appears in street directories in 1887. Yaldhurst Famille Close Fantail Lane Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named to continue a theme already established in the Brookhaven subdivision. Woolston Continues the theme of the Delamain family used in the first stage of the Delamain subdivision. Named in 2008. Riccarton/Wigram Delamain cognac Community Board transport and roading committee 22 August 2008 In a subdivision by Enterprise Bluebell Lane, Homes developed off Molly Mawk Place Shearwater Drive. and Sweet Waters Place. Named in 1999. Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board agenda 3 February 1999 Page 5 of 127 Delamain Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Fantasia Gardens Named after Northwood Bayliss Nurseries had existed Fantasia, a variety on the site since 1972 and its of nectarine. land was subdivided to form the street. Developed by the Freeman Partnership. The streets in the subdivision are named after varieties of fruit and personalities associated with the orchard. See Source Bayliss Close, Oratia Grove, Panache Place and Richard Seddon Drive. Shirley/Papanui Community Board agenda 6 September 2000 Named on 6 September 2000. Faraday Street Named after Michael Faraday (1791-1867). Sydenham Faraday was an English chemist and physicist, also writer and lecturer. One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council on 19 January 1880. [It is mis-spelt in the report of the committee as Farraday.] Report of the street naming committee, Sydenham Borough Council minute book 1879-1880, p 217, held at Christchurch City Council archives. “Borough Council”, Star, 20 January 1880, p 3 “’Lost’ addresses”, The Christchurch Mail, 27 April 1999, p8 Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 6 of 127 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Farm Lane Farnborough Street Suburb Additional information Parklands First appears in street directories in 1993. Named after Aranui Farnborough on the Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire borders. In an area in Aranui where the streets have names associated with the county of Hampshire. There is a Christchurch city and a River Avon in Hampshire. See Source Further information “New streets in Christchurch”, The Press, 28 June 1955, p6 Named in 1955. Farnham Place Named after Farnham, a town in Surrey, England. Ilam About 1963 the Waimairi County Council minuted a policy that all its streets be named after English place names. “Street names”, The Papanui Herald, 17 April 1973, p 9 First appears in street directories in 1968. Farquhars Road Named after the Farquhar family. Redwood George Farquhar, a farmer of Radcliffe Street (Road), was born at the Styx and died in 1918 at the age of 53 years. Part of this road was renamed Cunliffe Road. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 7 of 127 Settling near the Styx River, pp 164165 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: F27 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Farrelly Place Named after Rex and Helen Farrelly. Suburb Additional information See Source The Farrellys operated a small farm in Claridges Road for over thirty years (adjacent to the Highsted subdivision) and were still living in their house in 2015. Most of their land became part of the Highsted subdivision. Broadstairs Avenue, Faversham Lane, Glenturret Drive, Grayshott Avenue and Tullet Park Drive. Shirley/Papanui Community Board agenda 17 December 2014 In stages 1-4 of the Highsted subdivision. The names were suggested by the developer. Named in 2014. Farrier Lane Yaldhurst In the Noble Village Noble Village subdivision developed on the former Applefields land in Yaldhurst Road. The property has historical connections with the breeding and racing of standard breed horses. Named in 2011. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 8 of 127 Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 15 August 2011 Riccarton/Wigram Community Board minutes 23 August 2011 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Fatima Place Named at the Ryan family’s request after Fatima, in Spain. Redwood Hannah Place The street was formed on land formerly owned by Frank Ryan (1886-1944). His wife Katie and daughter Hannah were devout Catholics and both had a liking for Fatima which is a place in Spain where children saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary early in the 20th century. Katie Ryan had the shops on the corner of Daniels Road and Main North Road built. The Ryans also ran a mini-supermarket in the area in the early 1960s. First appears in street directories in 1960. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 9 of 127 See Source Information supplied in 2006 by Mrs Eileen Thomson in an interview with Margaret Harper. Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Faversham Lane Named after a street and locality in Highsted, England. Suburb Additional information See Source In stages 1-4 of the Highsted subdivision. The names were suggested by the developer. Broadstairs Avenue, Farrelly Place, Glenturret Drive, Grayshott Avenue and Tullet Park Drive. Shirley/Papanui Community Board agenda 17 December 2014 Named in 2014. NB Highsted Road, and consequently Highsted Residential, are named after John Kirby Highsted (18171871), not the town in Kent, England. Feast Place Named after Herbert Stanley Feast (1898?1961). Addington Feast was the town clerk of Christchurch 1940-1961. First appears in street directories in 1962. Further information Also Highsted Road. Information supplied “Obituary” The in 2007 by Richard Press, 12 Greenaway. September 1961, p 14 "Obituary", The Papanui Herald, 6 October 1961, p 4 Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 10 of 127 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Federer Lane Named after Roger Federer (1981-) Burnside Federer is a Swiss tennis player. Name chosen by Bryndwr Properties Ltd. The subdivision created nine Elderly Persons Housing Units served by a common access off 258-262 Grahams Road. Named in 2008. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 11 of 127 See Source Fendalton/Waimairi Community Board works, traffic and environment committee agenda, 25 February 2008 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Feilding Street Spohr Street Origin of name Suburb Additional information Formerly Spohr Street. Named after Louis Spohr (1784-1859). Addington Spohr was a German virtuoso violinist and composer. Re-named Feilding Street. Spohr Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1881 in a report of a meeting of the Sydenham Borough Council. Mr Ruddenklau had constructed a street in Rural Section 72 and was applying for it to be taken over by the council. Spohr Street first appears in street directories in 1892. Re-named Feilding Street in 1917 because of a dislike of German names during World War I (1914-1918). Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 12 of 127 See Source Further information “Sydenham Borough “German street Council”, The Press, names”, The Press, 16 August 1881, p 3 26 September “City Council”, The 1917, p 7 “Street names”, Press, 30 January 1917, p 10 The Press, 13 September 1924, p “Would road by any 13 other name stay as street”, Pegasus Post, 12 July 1978, p 16 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Felicitas Grove Sister Felicitas (Ellen) Hanrahan (1905-1999). Halswell Sister Hanrahan was a Aidanfield Melbourne sister who worked at Mount Magdala in the 1930s. She worked in New Zealand until the 1970s before returning to Australia. Source Further information Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 3 March 2004 Mount Magdala : 80 years of care…with a short history of the institution Pitch your tents on distant shores: a history of the Sisters of Good Shepherd in Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Tahiti The street names in the Aidanfield subdivision are those of former Sisters of the Good Shepherd Order and former residents of the Good Shepherd Sisters’ Home at Halswell. Named in 2004. Felstead Place Named after Avonhead Felstead, a village in Essex, England. About 1963 the Waimairi County Council minuted a policy that all its streets be named after English place names. First appears in street directories in 1968. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 13 of 127 “Street names”, The Papanui Herald, 17 April 1973, p 9 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Felthams Road Named after Thomas Feltham (1824?-1898). Akaroa Feltham and his wife opened the first school in Akaroa in 1854. He was also a renowned nurseryman and seedsman. Felthams Road was developed where he had lived 1865-1898. See Source Further information Akaroa/Wairewa Community Board agenda 7 July 2010 "Local and General", Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 May 1898, p 2 Named by the developer who selected the name as "it is a simple and straightforward name that we do not believe will be confused with any other in Akaroa". Named in 2010. Fenchurch Street Named after Fenchurch Street, a railway station in the City of London. Redwood, Northcote One of a group of streets named after London railway stations. The Main North Railway passes right by the area. Named in 1955. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 14 of 127 Aldgate Street, Camden Street, Ealing Street, Grosvenor Street, Lambeth Crescent, Paddington Street and Uxbridge Street. “New streets in Christchurch”, The Press, 28 June 1955, p6 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Fendalton Road Fendall Town Road. Origin of name Named after Walpole Cheshire Fendall (1830– Princess/Pr 1913). inces Street was incorporate d into Fendalton Road. Suburb Additional information See Source Further information Fendalton Fendall Town Road was cut through Rural Section 18, 50 acres in Fendall Town purchased by W. C. Fendall. Fendalton "Rural Sections chosen", The Lyttelton Times, 1 March 1851, p 6 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: F67 Fendall Town Road is first mentioned in The Lyttelton Times in 1857. Fendalton Road first appears in street directories in 1894. At that time Fendalton Road extended into what became Burnside Road (later Memorial Avenue). A section of Fendalton Road near Holmwood Road was formerly named Princess or Princes Street. First mentioned in The Press in 1880 when “53 beautiful villa sites adjoining Mr Wilkin’s residence at Holmwood” are advertised for sale in The Press. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 15 of 127 Province of "Obituary", The Canterbury, New Press, 7 April 1913, Zealand : list of p9 sections purchased to April 30 1863, p 1 “Advertisements”, The Lyttelton Times, 14 November 1857, p6 “The Hagley Park Roads”, Star, 16 June 1879, p 3 “Advertisements”, The Press, 7 October 1880, p 3 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Ferdinand Terrace Named after Henry-Ferdinand Delamain (d. 1899). Yaldhurst Delamain took over the Delamain cognac producing business in 1865. In the Delamain subdivision. See Source Further information Delamain cognac Riccarton/Wigram Community Board Transport and Roading Committee agenda 29 June 2007 Named in 2007. Fergusson Avenue Named after Mairehau General Sir Charles Fergusson (1865-1951). Fergusson was the GovernorGeneral of New Zealand 1924-1930. Described as a "new" street in The Press in 1927 when land is advertised for sale there. First appears in street directories in 1930. "Advertisements", The Press, 26 November 1927, p 24 “Streets named and changed”, The Press, 1 September 1959, p 16 [His surname is spelt correctly in 1930 but over the years one “s” was dropped. This was corrected in 1959.] Ferndown Lane Named after Ferndown in Hampshire, England. Bromley Ferndown is a small village near Linwood in Hampshire. Developed by Hawk Investments at 394 Linwood Avenue. Named in 2004. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 16 of 127 Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board agenda 1 September 2004 Governor-General of Aotearoa, New Zealand Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Ferner Street Origin of name Smith’s Road/Smit h Street and Queensbur y Street/Que en Street. Also Madge Street. Suburb Additional information See Source Dallington Smith's Road/Smith Street Queensbury Street ran from McBratneys Road to Birchfield Street from 1920. No residents are ever listed. Map of Christchurch, [1930] By 1930 it had been renamed Queen Street. It became part of Queensbury Street from 1939. “New streets in Christchurch”, The Press, 28 June 1955, p6 It appears on a 1954 map as Madge Street but this never appears in street directories. Madge King (1894-1967) owned a small shop in Birchfield Avenue. Early Dallington, p 10 Map of Christchurch and environs, 1954. Re-named Ferner Street in 1955. Ferniehurst Street Named after Ferniehurst which is 24 km from Cheviot. Somerfield In a subdivision where streets are named after rivers or properties in North Canterbury. Named in 1966. First appears in street directories in 1970. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 17 of 127 Greta Place, Kaiwara Street, Molesworth Place, Palmside Street and Tekoa Place. Information on date of naming in a letter sent to the City Librarian from the Town Clerk dated 13 December 1966. Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Fernwood Courts Named after Fernwood, the retirement home for the blind that once stood on the rear of the site. Suburb Additional information Developed at 86 and 90 Bristol Street. Name suggested by the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind because of its connection with the land being subdivided. See Source Further information Shirley/Papanui Community Board agenda 3 February 1999 Named in 1999. Ferry Road Sumner Road, Ashbourne Road and Regent Street. Formerly Sumner Road. Named after John Bird Sumner (1780-1862). Re-named Ferry Road. Named because it was the road leading to the ferry at the Heathcote River. Central city, Waltham, Woolston From St Asaph Street to the East Belt (later Fitzgerald Avenue) was formerly Sumner Road. Sumner was an Archbishop of Canterbury and a President of the Canterbury Association. Formation of the road began in 1850 and was improved at time of establishment of Provincial Government. A ferry service was established connecting the Ferry Road with the Heathcote Valley Road leading to the foot of the Bridle Path. In 1884 “the Ferry Road, from Hargood’s Road to the Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 18 of 127 Reproduction of Edward Jollie's 1850 map of the proposed city. Department of Lands and Survey, Christchurch. Historical Maps Reminiscences of a surveyor, runholder and politician in Canterbury and Otago, 1841-1865, pp 28-29 Early days of Canterbury, p 27 The evolution of a city, p 13 Old Christchurch in G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: J169 & T144 “Obituary”, The Press, 9 August 1894, p 5e “Obituary”, Star, 9 August 1894, p 1 View the biography of Joseph Thomas in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. The Canterbury Association: a study of its Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information swing bridge” was re-named Regent Street. From Ensors Road-Aldwins Road to Radley Street was re-named Ashbourne Street in 1893 and became part of Ferry Road in 1922. From Radley Street to the Heathcote bridge remained as Regent Street until 1922 when it was re-named Ferry Road. [The ferry went out of business when the bridge was built over the Heathcote River.] See Source Further information picture and story, pp 50-51 members’ connections, p 93 "Early provincial days: roadways and waterways", Star, 13 February 1901, p 4 “Street names”, The Press, 13 September 1924, p 13 "Woolston Town Board", Star, 14 January 1884, p 4 “Woolston Borough Council”, The Press, 16 September 1893, p 10 “Street names”, The Press, 2 September 1930, p 12 “Changes in old place names”, The Press, 28 January 1936, p 17 Ferrymead Park Drive Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Ferrymead Named in 1999. Page 19 of 127 Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board agenda 4 August 1999 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Field Terrace Spring Street and Field Street. Fieldstone Lane Origin of name Suburb Additional information Upper Riccarton Field Street and Spring Street both appear first in street directories in 1921. The two streets were amalgamated and re-named Field Terrace in June 1948. "Street names "Street names", changed", The Press, The Press, 25 June 25 June 1948, p 9 1948, p 6 Spreydon Developed at 398-404 Barrington Street. Spreydon/Heathcote Community Board agenda 5 July 2005 Named in 2005. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 20 of 127 See Source Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Fifield Terrace River Road Origin of name Suburb Additional information Formerly River road, Opawa, running along the northern side of the River Heathcote, between Wilson's Bridge and the Railway. Opawa, Woolston Bray was consulting engineer Avonhead to the Canterbury Provincial Council. An advertisement for a general servant for “a family up country” appears in the Star in 1880. Mrs Bray, Fifield, Opawa, “near railway station” is the advertiser. Re-named Fifield Terrace. Named after Fifield, the home of William Bayley Bray (1812?-1885). Re-named in 1917. First appears in street directories in 1924. See Source Further information “Obituary”, The “Advertisements”, Star, 10 July 1880, p Lyttelton Times, 1 2 June 1885, p 5 “Alterations to street "Obituary", The names”, The Press, Press, 30 May 26 June 1917, p 11 1885, p 3 The Port Hills of Christchurch, p 170 “Death”, Star, 28 May 1885, p 2 “In Memoriam”, Star, 30 May 1885, p3 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: B694 “Street names”, The Press, 13 September 1924, p 13 Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 21 of 127 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Findlay Avenue Named after the original Findlay's farm which adjoined the Halswell Quarry. Halswell George Findlay (1830-1888) was a stonemason and foreman of works for the City Council See Source Further information Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 28 February 2012 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: F115 In the Quarry View subdivision. Named in 2012. Finlay Place Named after William Duncan Finlay (1871?1955). Woolston Finlay is listed in early 1940s street directories as living at 108 Mackenzie Avenue where this street was later formed. First appears in street directories in 1950. Finnsarby Place Finsbury Street Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after the Sumner Finn class yacht of Brett de Thier (1945-). The class was designed by the Swedish sailor Erik Rickard Sarby (1912-1977). Named after Finsbury Park in London. Named in 1955. Islington First appears in street directories in 1977. Page 22 of 127 Sumner to Ferrymead: a Christchurch history, p 207 “New streets in Christchurch”, The Press, 28 June 1955, p6 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Fintan Mews Named after Sister Aidanfield Mary of St Fintan Tuohey. Additional information In stages 8 and 9 of the Aidanfield Aidanfield subdivision where all the names are those of former Sisters of the Good Shepherd Order and former residents of the Good Shepherd Sisters Home at Halswell. Named in 2011. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 See Page 23 of 127 Source Further information Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 15 August 2011 Mount Magdala : 80 years of care…with a short history of the institution Riccarton/Wigram Community Board minutes 23 August 2011 Pitch your tents on distant shores: a history of the Sisters of Good Shepherd in Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Tahiti Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Fisher Avenue Fisher Street Named after James Temple Fisher (18281905) and his brother Stephen Fisher (18181897). Beckenham The brothers owned a large Beckenham Road area of land in the and Sandwich Road. Beckenham area. Stephen Also Beckenham. Fisher’s home stood where St. Peter’s Church is in Fisher Avenue now. Fisher Street first appears in street directories in 1903 as a blind street off Colombo Street. Four residents only are listed. Dedicated as a public street in 1907. Becomes Fisher Avenue on 29 July 1943. See Source Further information Province of Canterbury, New Zealand: list of sections purchased to April 30, 1863, p 2 Along the hills: a history of the Heathcote Road Board and the Heathcote County Council 18641989, p 13 “Rural Sections chosen”, The Lyttelton Times, 15 March 1851, p 7 Beckenham, a suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, pp 8-13 “Obituary”, The “City Council”, Star, Press, 2 July 1897, 10 September 1907, p 5 “Obituary”, The p1 Press, 5 January Extra information 1905, p 10 researched in 1999 by Barbara Moorhouse. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 24 of 127 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: F135 & F139 “Death of an old settler”, Feilding Star, 4 January 1905, p 2 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Fitzgerald Avenue Origin of name East Town Formerly East Belt and Town Belt and East Belt. East Belt. Named by the Canterbury North Association Avon Road from surveyors who Fitzgerald laid out the boundaries of the Avenue northward. original city within roadways called ‘belts’ or ‘town belts’. Re-named Fitzgerald Avenue. Named after James Edward Fitzgerald (1818-1896). Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Suburb Additional information Central city, Richmond East Town Belt first appears in street directories in 1878. See Source Bealey Avenue and Plan of the city of Moorhouse Avenue. Christchurch (Selwyn county) Re-named Fitzgerald Avenue Canterbury, New on 11 January 1904 after the Zealand, 1883. Map merging of several boroughs into the City of Christchurch “Re-naming the in 1903. Belts”, The Press, 15 December 1903, p 4 Fitzgerald was a journalist, provincial superintendent, politician and public servant. North Avon Road from Fitzgerald Avenue northward was re-named Fitzgerald Avenue on 24 May 1926. View the biography of James Edward FitzGerald in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: F154 “Re-naming the Belts”, The Press, 15 “Obituary”, Star, 7 December 1903, p 6 August 1896, p 5 “Re-naming the “Street names”, Belts”, The Press, 12 The Press, 22 January 1904, p 6 February 1926, p 10 The evolution of a city, p 14 “Advertisements”, The Press, 28 May 1926, p 17 Page 25 of 127 Further information “Street names”, The Press, 26 May 1926, p 11 “Christchurch can look better”, The Press, 30 June 2005, p. A9 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Fitzpatricks Lane Named after Ricardo Patrick “Ric” Fitzpatrick (1924-2010) and Rita Fitzpatrick (d. 2008). Suburb Additional information Ric and Rita Fitzpatrick were life members of the Rangers AFC. Rita organised and managed women’s football for both juniors and seniors and Ric was involved in the management of junior teams. Both served as delegates of Rangers AFC on the Canterbury Football Association committees and organised social activities for the club. Named in 2010. Fitzroy Place Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Bishopdale First appears in street directories in 1962. Page 26 of 127 See Source Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board Extraordinary Agenda 22 September 2010 Report of the Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board to the Council Meeting of 2 December 2010 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Flavell Street Lee Street Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Formerly Lee Street. Named after Alfred Lee Smith (18381917). Heathcote Valley In 1873 Smith developed three streets in the Heathcote Valley, naming them Lee Street, Smith Street and Vogel Street. He operated a malthouse on the site. Marsden Street and Rollin Street. Malting in Heathcote Along the hills: a Valley 1871-1981, history of the pp 11-13 Heathcote Road Board and the Sumner to Heathcote County Ferrymead: a Christchurch history, Council 18641989, p 129 p 207 “Street names”, The G R Macdonald dictionary of Press, 15 October Canterbury 1932, p 14 biographies: S466 "Street names", The “Obituary”, The Press, 31 January Press, 9 November 1933, p 3 1955, p 14 Re-named Flavell Street. Named after Charles Flavell (1871?1955). Lee Street was re-named Flavell Street in 1933 by the Public Utilities Committee of the Heathcote County Council at the request of the Post and Telegraph Department. Flavell was an original member of the Heathcote County Council which was formed in 1911. Flaxon Place Named because of Burwood an association of the name with swamps or wetlands. A subdivision developed off Kingsbridge Drive by Enterprise Homes on the opposite side of Travis Road to the Travis Wetland Nature Heritage Park. At first to be named Flaxon Fells. Named in 2006. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 27 of 127 Burwood/Pegasus Community Board agenda 16 August 2006 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information Flay Crescent Named after Professor Albert Hugh Flay (19051973). Burnside Flay was head of farm management at Lincoln College. He owned 50 acres of land on the eastern side of Grahams Road opposite the Waimairi Cemetery, where Flay Crescent was formed. Flay Park Fendall’s legacy: a history of Fendalton and north-west Christchurch, p 175 “Long association with Lincoln College”, The Press, 27 March 1973, p 4 "Making space", The Press, 24 February 1992, p 9 First appears in street directories in 1960. Fleete Street Queensbur Named after Percy Burwood, y Street. Lonsdale Fleete Dallington The (1884-1968). section south of New Brighton Road was formerly Queen Street and was incorporate d into Fleete Street. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Queensberry Street first Queensbury Street appears in street directories in 1913. Re-named Queensbury Street in 1934. The section south of New Brighton Road was re-named Queen Street by 1930 and later, in 1955, Fleete Street. Fleete, a market gardener, is listed as a resident of the street in 1954, living at 69 Queensbury Street. Page 28 of 127 Map of Christchurch, [1930] “New streets in Christchurch”, The Press, 28 June 1955, p6 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See North New First mentioned in The Press Brighton in 1917 in a report of a meeting of the New Brighton Borough Council. Fleming Street Source “Borough Councils”, The Press, 13 February 1917, p 5 First appears in street directories in 1919. Flemington Avenue Named after the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne. North New Names of three famous Ascot Avenue and Brighton racecourses - Ascot, Randwick Street. Flemington and Randwick were chosen for streets on the north-east side of the New Brighton Trotting Club's course at North Beach. First mentioned in The Press in 1913. First appears in street directories in 1919. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 29 of 127 "Advertisements", The Press, 7 October 1913, p 12 “Naming of streets in new subdivisions”, The Press, 1 November 1958, p 10 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Flesher Avenue Named after the Flesher family. Richmond William Flesher (1837-1889) bought 25 acres there for £500 in 1871. His son James Arthur Flesher (1865-1930), a lawyer, was mayor of New Brighton 1912-1913 and 1915-1917 and mayor of Christchurch 1923-1925. See Source Further information “William Flesher”, Richmond, Christchurch: a Star, 27 February regional history, p 18 1889, p 4 A house with a story “Mr J. A. Flesher”, : Avebury House, p The Press, 19 (7) August 1930, p 10 “Obituary”, The Press, 19 August 1930, p 11 The road was formed out of land that had previously belonged to Avebury House and acknowledged the contribution of the Flesher family to the Richmond community. First appears in street directories in 1943. Fletcher Place Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after Henry Fletcher (1844-1942). Upper Riccarton Fletcher was the first market gardener in Riccarton. In 1879 he is listed in street directories as living at Okeover in Ilam and by 1902 he is at Stemmers Road (later Peer Street), Peerswick, Upper Riccarton. He had eleven children, most of whom settled in the Upper Riccarton area. He left his Page 30 of 127 Information supplied in 2008 by Barbara White, a descendant of Fletcher, in an interview with Margaret Harper. “Still gardening”, The Christchurch Times, 19 January 1934, p 3 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information land to his sons and his house to his daughters. When the Christchurch City Council wanted to buy the property to build pensioner cottages, the family sold it on condition that the street to be formed was named Fletcher Place. First appears in street directories in 1968. Fleur Lane Named after Fleur Burwood Susan Watson, née Stewart, (1974?1999). Fleur Watson was the daughter of Paul Stewart and Susan and Owen Roberts. The street was developed by the Roberts Partnership at 70 Vivian Street. The family had a long association with this and surrounding property. Named in 2002. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 31 of 127 "Deaths", The Burwood/Pegasus Community Board Press, 21 agenda 13 May 2002 September 1999, p 33 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information Flimwell Lane Named after Flimwell in East Sussex. Lyttelton The Rev. Benjamin Woolley Dudley (1805-1892) served as a curate in the parish of Ticehurst 1851-1859. This parish included a church in Flimwell. Dudley Road “Advertisements”, The Press, 16 June 1920, p 1 The Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican Clergy in the Pacific G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: D466 Made a public street from 1 August 1920 by the Lyttelton Borough Council. First appears in street directories in 1981. Flinders Road Named after John Flinders Scott (1876-1941). Heathcote Valley Scott, a pastoral farmer of Opawa, was a member of the Heathcote County Council for twelve years. First appears in street directories in 1955. Hawford Street. Also Bowenvale. Sumner to Ferrymead: a Christchurch history, p 207 From glasshouses Early fruitgrowing in to the Port Hills: Canterbury New the story of John Zealand, pp 92-94 Flinders Scott The Port Hills of Christchurch, pp 117-118 Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 32 of 127 “Obituary”, The Press, 30 July 1941, p 8 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Flockton Street Named after Charles Flockton (d. 1885). Mairehau Flockton was a coach builder, general smith and engineerin-charge of the works at Canterbury Railways. Flockton Street is first mentioned in the Star in 1880. In 1890 a deputation of residents asked the council to "form the street". See Source Further information "Drainage Board", Star, 3 August 1880, p3 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: F200 "St Albans Borough Council", Star, 17 October 1890, p 1 First appears in street directories in 1896. Florance Place Named after Parklands Augustus Florance (1847-1897). Florance was born at Portland, Dorset, and emigrated to Canterbury in 1863. He was a compositor for The Lyttelton Times and pioneer owner of land at North New Brighton near the seashore. As a private experiment, he imported seashore lupins and marram grass from Australia and planted them. They are sandbinding plants. First appears in street directories in 1981. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 33 of 127 Rich man, poor man, G R Macdonald environmentalist, dictionary of thief Canterbury biographies: F204 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information Flower Street Named after Arthur Edward Flower (18741952). Bryndwr, Papanui. Flower was a pupil of Christ’s College and later a master at for 40 years. Flowers House, a boardinghouse at the school, is named after him. This was demolished in 2004. Blanch Street, Bourne Crescent, Condell Avenue, Harris Crescent, Moreland Avenue, Richards Avenue and Tothill Place. Papanui Heritage Group “Death of Mr A. E. Flower”, The Press, 19 June 1952, p 8 The Port Hills of Christchurch, p 29 “Death of Mr A. E. Flower”, The Press, 19 June 1952, p 8 One of the streets in the area formed on land belonging to Christ’s College. First appears in street directories in 1962. Flowers Track Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after Arthur Edward Flower (18741952). Goes from Scarboroug h Road to Nicholson Park. Flower was a pupil of Christ’s College and later a master at for 40 years. He was a resident of Scarborough in the 1930s. Page 34 of 127 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Forbes Street Probably named after Edward Forbes (18151854). Sydenham Forbes was a British naturalist. First mentioned in The Press in 1881 when Anderson’s paddock is subdivided into 44 sections ”situated in the best part of Sydenham” and sold by auction. See Source Further information “Advertisements”, The Press, 15 October 1881, p 4 “’Lost’ addresses”, The Christchurch Mail, 27 April 1999, p8 First appears in street directories in 1906. Ford Road Named after Opawa Edward John Tite Ford (1843-1920). Ford, an auctioneer, landbroker, sharebroker and valuer, was also chairman of the Heathcote Road Board 1882-1883. First appears in street directories in 1906. Information supplied Along the hills: a history of the in 2008 by Richard Heathcote Road Greenaway. Board and the Heathcote County Council 18641989, pp 33 & 260 “Obituary”, The Press, 31 July 1920, p 9 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: F232 Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 35 of 127 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Foresters Crescent Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Parklands The Community Board commended the developer, Smith Developments Ltd in its use of a forestry theme when naming streets in the Forest Park Estate subdivision. Corsican Grove, Larchwood Lane, Stoneleigh Green. Burwood/Pegasus Community Board Agenda 30 August 2004 Named in 2004. Forfar Street Hamilton Street Named after St Albans Forfar in Scotland. Hamilton Street first appears in street directories in 1902. Re-named Forfar Street on 7 March 1904. Among a number of streets re-named in 1904 and given the names of place-names in the United Kingdom. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 36 of 127 “Re-naming streets”, The Press, 8 March 1904, p 5 Christchurch City Council minute book, June 1903October 1904 held at Christchurch City Council archives. Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Forgan Lane Named after James Forgan (1822-1886). Halswell In 1856 Forgan entered into partnership with James Feather (1824-1898) and opened the Halswell Quarry. See Halswell. Also Edmund Storr Road, John Olliver Terrace, Lady Nugent Lane, The Miln’s Estate Marsack Crescent, subdivision created 99 new residential sections served by and William Brittan four new roads and three new Avenue. rights of way. The street names chosen all have an historical connection with the Halswell area. Source Further information Riccarton//Wigram Community Board agenda November 1999 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: F245 Named in 1999. Forth Street Probably named after the River Forth in Scotland. Richmond First mentioned in street directories in 1902 with a see ref. to Stanmore Road. First mentioned in the Star in 1904 in an advertisement. Not listed in street directories with residents until 1905. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 37 of 127 "Advertisements", Star, 9 July 1904, p 6 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Foster Street Part of Princess Street. Origin of name Suburb Additional information Named after John Foster (18171903). Addington Foster was a road contractor of Riccarton and lived on the section of Princess Street which became Foster Street. First mentioned in the Star in 1897. First appears in street directories in 1904. Foster Terrace Named after William Thomas Foster (18671945). Lyttelton Foster was the mayor of the Lyttelton Borough Council 1929-1931. He was a member of the council for nearly 40 years and deputy-mayor at the time of his death. First appears in street directories in 1958. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 38 of 127 See Source Further information “Sudden death”, Star, 7 December 1897, p 3 Early Christchurch and Canterbury : newspaper clippings ca 19231950, Vol 2, p 177 A history of early Riccarton (no pagination) Riccarton, the founding borough: a short history, Canterbury’s founding settlement, p 117 The story of Lyttelton, 18491949, p 146 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: F267 “Death”, The Press, 30 April 1903, p 1 “Obituary”, The Press, 1 November 1945, p 3 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Foula Place Named after Foula, one of the Shetland Islands of Scotland. Woolston Continues the theme of using Vaila Place names from the Shetland Islands for cul-de-sacs developed off Kennaway Road. Source Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board agenda 2 April 2014 Named by the Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board. Named in 2014. Yaldhurst Founders Lane In the Noble Village subdivision developed on the former Applefields land in Yaldhurst Road. The property has historical connections with the breeding and racing of standard breed horses. Named in 2011. Fountainhead Lane Named after the book The Fountainhead. Hillmorton Named by architect Ray Hawthorne. The book is the fictional story of architect Howard Roark and was written by Ayn Rand in 1943. First appears in street directories in 1993. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 39 of 127 Apple Orchard Lane, Gallop Lane, George Noble Road, Sir John McKenzie Avenue, Stirrup Lane, Stud Road. Also Noble Village. Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 15 August 2011 Riccarton/Wigram Community Board minutes 23 August 2011 Information supplied in 2004 by Linda Mauger in an interview with Margaret Harper. Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Four Elms Place Suburb Additional information See Parklands The suburb was established near the Bottle Lake forest and the streets have a "tree" theme. Ashwood Street, Heathglen Avenue, Pinaster Place, Radiata Avenue, Sequoia Place and Sophora Place. First appears in street directories in 1976. Four Peaks Drive Named after Four Peaks Station, near Fairlie in South Canterbury. Continues the theme of high country farms in the Broken Run subdivision. Named in 2015. Source Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 16 December 2014 Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 3 February 2015 Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 40 of 127 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Fovant Street Railway Street, Park Road and Currie Street. Origin of name Suburb Formerly Currie Russley Street. Named after the Currie family (Colin, Margaret and Archibald Currie). Re-named Fovant Street. Named after Fovant, a village in southwest Wiltshire, England. Additional information Railway Street and Park Road both first appear in street directories in 1910: Railway Street as a blind road off Yaldhurst Road, Park Road running off Russley Road. Railway Street was re-named Currie Street by the Waimairi County Council on 8 February 1933. The Currie family was living at 137 Russley Road in 1934. Re-named Fovant Street in June 1948 when 24 streets in the Waimairi County were renamed. Fox Lane Francella Street Francella Place Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Cashmere First appears in street directories in 1991. Bromley First appears in street directories in 1995. Page 41 of 127 See Source Further information Waimairi County Council, minute book, 1931-1936, held at Christchurch City Council archives, p 308 "Street names", The Press, 25 June 1948, p 6 "Street names changed", The Press, 25 June 1948, p 9 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Francis Avenue Named after Francis Harrison (1815?-1887). Mairehau Harrison farmed on land off Harrison Street and Warrington Street near where Carrick Street. Also Harrison’s Town. Francis Avenue is located. This farm probably disappeared in 1910 when Joshua Harrison auctioned off 48 residential sections. In 1906 he was living on the corner of Cranford Street and Shirley Road. First mentioned in The Press in 1910 where it is described as a street “to be formed” in an advertisement for the auction of the Harrison estate subdivision. See Source Further information St Albans: from swamp to suburbs: an informal history, p 17 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: H232 “Advertisements”, The Press, 7 November 1887, p 1 Charlotte Howard & Charlotte Thompson: a colonial saga, p 22 “Advertisements”, The Press, 14 April 1910, p 12 First appears in street directories in 1914. Francis James Lane Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after Francis James O’Leary (19211998). Moncks Spur O'Leary, an engineer, was the grandfather of one of the developers. Developed in 2005 by N. & J. Blakely. Page 42 of 127 Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board agenda 13 July 2005 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Francis Mill Grove Suburb Additional information Westmorla nd Named to continue the established Westmorland theme of naming roads after places in the district of Cumbria in England. See Named after Francis Edward Horner (18731943). Papanui Francis Horner was a son of William and Mary Horner. At the time of his marriage in 1895 he was a storeman of Papanui. Further information Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 17 September 2013 Minutes of the Riccarton/Wigram Community Board minutes 17 September 2013 Named in 2013. Frank Street Source Horner Street, Loftus Street, Mary Street, Proctor Street and Wyndham Street. “Advertisements”, The Press, 15 April 1889, p 1 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: H765 Shirley/Papanui Community Board agenda 15 February 2015 “Obituary”, The Press, 9 September 1932, p 17 First mentioned in The Press in 1889. First appears in street directories in 1892. Frank Coxon Road Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after Frank Belfast Coxon (18591932). Coxon came to New Zealand in 1881 as the first engineer to the New Zealand Refrigerating Company. He was commissioned as an engineer to design the Belfast Freezing Works and was also involved in the purchase of Page 43 of 127 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information Bewdley Street, Bredon Lane, Clent Lane, Evesham Crescent, Gleig Place, Glynne Crescent, Lyttelton Street, Stanbury Street (formerly Droitwich Street), Stourbridge Street, Sumner Street and Wychbury Street. Also Hagley Park. The Canterbury Association: a study of its members’ connections, p 67 A history of Canterbury, Vol 1, pp 242-245 the land for it. He moved to Sydney in 1890. In the Belfast Business Park. Named in 2015. Frankleigh Street Named after the baronetcy of Frankley. [The name of the street is wrongly spelt.] Somerfield A title belonging to the Lyttelton family. Several streets in this area have names associated with the Canterbury Association and, especially, the Lyttelton family. They were formed on Rural Section 76, 700 acres on the "Lower Lincoln Road, Heathcote Bridge" purchased by Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798-1857) and Conway Lucas Rose (1817-1910). Spencer’s interest in the land was passed on to his nephew, the Hon. George William Spencer Lyttelton (18471913), the 4th son of George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton (1817-1876). First appears in street directories in 1908. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 44 of 127 “Suicide of Lord Province of Lyttelton”, Evening Canterbury, New Post, 22 May 1876, Zealand : list of 2 sections purchased to April 30 1863, p 2 "Rural Sections chosen", The Lyttelton Times, 29 March 1851, p 6 The evolution of a city, pp 9 & 79 “Objection to naming of Droitwich Street”, The Press, 4 October 1958, p 12 “Naming of streets in new subdivisions”, The Press, 1 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information November 1958, p 10 Fraser Street Named after Frederick James Edgar Fraser (1907?-1964). Papanui Fraser was headmaster of Papanui Primary School 1951-1963. Named in September 1968. First appears in street directories in 1981. Waltham Frederick Street First mentioned in The Press in 1888. First appears in street directories in 1892. Fredrica Lane Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after the daughter of the landowner where the street was developed. Heathcote Developed at 140-144 Port Hills Road by Landform NZ. Named in 2008. Information on date Papanui Primary of naming in a letter School sent to the City Librarian from the Town Clerk dated 18 September 1968. “Advertisements”, The Press, 20 September 1888, p 8 Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board agenda 6 August 2008 Report of the Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board to the Council meeting of 11 September 2008 Page 45 of 127 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Freebairn Street Probably named after Archibald Freebairn (19251998). Redwood Freebairn is listed in street directories as living at 11 Prestons Road in 1966. Named after Frederick Willie Freeman (18811969). Mount Pleasant Freeman Street Freeman, an engineer, was a long-time Heathcote County Council member and also chairman for five years. First appears in street directories in 1964. Frensham Street and Elstead Street. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Source Further information Brigid Place, Challis Place, Clementine Lane, Hatherly Lane, Hilltop Lane, Janice Place, Michael Avenue, Osmond Lane and Roland Lane. “Cannon Estate thirty years in development”, The Press, 23 August 1989, p 49 “Mr. F. W. Freeman was pioneer of road tunnel”, The Press, 5 November 1969, p 22 First appears in street directories in 1970. Named by the developer, Cannon Estate Ltd. Frensham Crescent See Woolston Frensham Street and Elstead Street first appear in street directories in 1968. The two streets were amalgamated, becoming Frensham Crescent on 23 February 1970. Page 46 of 127 Date of amalgamation of the streets in a letter sent to the City Librarian from the Town Clerk dated 24 March 1970. Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Freyberg Avenue Godley Avenue Origin of name Suburb Additional information Formerly Godley Avenue. Named after John Robert Godley (18141861). Riccarton Godley was a lawyer, writer, administrator, coloniser, public servant. Re-named Freyberg Avenue. Named after Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg (18891963). "The street in the new Riccarton subdivision on Mr John Brown's subdivision which runs off Deans Avenue near the saleyard was named Godley Avenue by the Riccarton Borough Council" on 2 September 1929. Godley Avenue first appears in street directories in 1930. Re-named Freyberg Avenue in 1941. Freyberg was a dentist, military leader, governor general. [Wavell Street was originally suggested as the new name but councillors felt there was danger of confusion with Darvel Street.] Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 47 of 127 See Source Further information Riccarton, the founding borough: a short history, Canterbury’s founding settlement, p 114 View the biography of John Robert Godley in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. “Freyberg Street”, The Press, 29 April 1941, p 8 View the biography of Bernard Cyril Freyberg in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. G R Macdonald "General news", The dictionary of Press, 3 September Canterbury 1929, p 8 biographies: G231 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Friel Lane Named after Edward Shayle d'Arcy Friel (1921-2011). Shirley Friel was the first President of the St Albans Shirley Working Men’s Club which was opened in 1995. He was later made a Life Member. See Source Further information Shirley/Papanui Community Board Agenda 19 May 2010 “Workingmen’s club in St Albans”, The Press, 22 July 1955, p 9 A right of way between 267 and 269A Hills Road developed by the Club. Named in 2010. Burnside Frith Place Frome Place Frosts Road First appears in street directories in 1976. Named after St Albans Frome, a village in Somerset, England. In a subdivision of two streets where placenames from Somerset were used. Named after the Frost family. William Thomas Frost Maces Road (1854?-1888) and John Frost, a painter, were local residents. Tom Frost was a trainer of Henry Mace’s horses. Burwood "Streets named", Pegasus Post, 9 July 1975, p 8 Named on 16 June 1975. First appears in street directories in 1903 with three residents listed. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Yeovil Place Page 48 of 127 “New Brighton’s Turf tufts and toeearly mayors closely weights, pp 79-82 involved with area”, Pegasus Post, 19 March 1975, p 2 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Fulton Avenue Part of Wairarapa Terrace. Origin of name Suburb Additional information Named after Catherine Fulton, née Macfarlane, (1854?-1934). Merivale Mrs Fulton was the widow of John Fulton (1850-1893), a banker of Rangiora. She is listed as a resident of Wairarapa Terrace, living at Mid-Lothian House 19001915, and of Fulton Avenue 1916-1936. The street was formed on her land. See Fulton Avenue was named on 27 September 1915 and first appears in street directories in 1916. Source Further information “General news,” The "Obituary", The Press, 28 September Press, 28 1915, p 6 September 1893, p 5 (Obituary of John Fulton.) G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: F403 “Street names”, The Press, 13 September 1924, p 13 “If walls could talk”, Avenues, Issue 64, August 2009, pp 46-51 Fusilier Place Named after fusiliers, a name given to various kinds of soldiers. Hornby Named because it runs off Mathers Road Mathers Road. John Mather (1843-1921) was at one time a captain with the 14th King’s Hussars, a cavalry regiment in the British Army. First appears in street directories in 1966. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 49 of 127 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb FW Delamain Drive Named after Yaldhurst Frederick William Delamain (18351910). Additional information See Delamain, a horsebreeder, Delamain and owned Yaldhurst, a racing Yaldhurst. stables and stud. He named it after his uncle’s place in Exeter, England. He sold this property in 1878. Source Further information Riccarton/Wigram Community Board Transport and Roading Committee agenda 29 June 2007 Delamain cognac "Obituary", Grey River Argus, 25 May 1910, p 1 “Mr F. W. Delamain”, The Press, 18 May 1910, p 8 He was also a descendant of one of France's great cognacmaking families. In the Delamain subdivision. Named in 2007. Fyfe Road Named after Colin Wigram Alexander Fyfe (1898-1951). Fyfe was a sheep station cadet of Dunedin. He graduated from the Canterbury Flying School on 19 February 1918. In the Wigram Aerodrome subdivision by Ngai Tahu Property Ltd where the street names are either of aircraft or taken from the list of the first 100 students at the Flight School established by Sir Henry Wigram in 1917. Named in 2010. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 50 of 127 Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 1 June 2010 Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 19101950 as found on www.ancestry.com The Canterbury (NZ) Aviation Co. Ltd: the first one hundred pilots Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Gabriel Grove Named after Sister Halswell Gabriel (Mary) Black (1862?1898). Additional information Sister Black was one of four Sisters to arrive in Christchurch from Ireland in September 1886. The street names in the Aidanfield subdivision are those of former Sisters of the Good Shepherd Order and former residents of the Good Shepherd Sisters’ Home at Halswell. Named on 31 January 2001. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 51 of 127 See Source Further information Biographical information supplied in 2007 by Fraser Faithfull, archivist with the Good Shepherd Provincialate in Abbotsford, Victoria in correspondence with Margaret Harper. Mount Magdala : 80 years of care…with a short history of the institution Other information supplied in 2007 by Bob Pritchard, subdivisions officer, Christchurch City Council. Pitch your tents on distant shores: a history of the Sisters of Good Shepherd in Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Tahiti Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Gainsborough Street Named after Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788). Hoon Hay Gainsborough was an English painter of portraits and landscapes. One of the first streets to be developed in the Hoon Hay area. Families lived in pioneering conditions in small baches while building their own houses in their spare time. See Source Further information "Brave new life in the suburbs", The Press, 8 May 1993, p 9 First appears in street directories in 1955. Galbraith Avenue Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after Avonside Augustus William de Rohan Galbraith (1877?1957). Galbraith was the city engineer 1925-1941. First appears in street directories in 1946. Page 52 of 127 “Obituary”, The Press, 12 March 1957, p 12 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Gallaghan Close Named after Sydney Albert Cole Gallichan (1899-1975?). Wigram Gallichan was a cheesemaker of Palmerston North. He graduated from the Canterbury Flying School on 4 May 1918. [His name has been spelt incorrectly in the street name]. See Source Further information Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 1 June 2010 Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 19101950 as found on www.ancestry.com In the Wigram Aerodrome subdivision by Ngai Tahu Property Ltd where the street names are either of aircraft or taken from the list of the first 100 students at the Flight School established by Sir Henry Wigram in 1917. The Canterbury (NZ) Aviation Co. Ltd: the first one hundred pilots Named in 2010. Gallop Lane Yaldhurst In the Noble Village subdivision developed on the former Applefields land in Yaldhurst Road. The property has historical connections with the breeding and racing of standard breed horses. Named in 2011. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 53 of 127 Apple Orchard Lane, George Noble Road, Founders Lane, Sir John McKenzie Avenue, Stirrup Lane, Stud Road. Also Noble Village. Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 15 August 2011 Riccarton/Wigram Community Board minutes 23 August 2011 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Gambia Street Part of Loftus Street. Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information Named after the HMNZS Gambia. Papanui HMNZS Gambia, launched in 1940, was New Zealand’s largest cruiser. It saw active service with the British Pacific Fleet during World War II. Loftus Street and Tillman Avenue. Papanui Heritage Group Chairman's report to the water supply and works committee, Christchurch City Council, 14 November 1945, held at Christchurch City Council archives. A Papanui war memorial street. First appears in street directories in 1946. Gamblins Road Garden Road Named after Joseph Gamblin (1820?-1896). St Martins Gamblin was a bricklayer of St Martins. First appears in street directories in 1905. Fendalton First mentioned in The Press in 1880 when “53 beautiful villa sites adjoining Mr Wilkin’s residence at Holmwood” are advertised for sale. First appears in street directories in 1898. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 The Port Hills of Christchurch, p 180 Page 54 of 127 “Advertisements”, The Press, 7 October 1880, p 3 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Gardenhill Lane Named because, when Richard May Downes Morten (18771950) and his brother, Arthur Roscoe Vernon Morten (18781931), sold off land from the Mount Pleasant run in 1912, market gardens were established and vegetables and early flowers grown for the market. Redcliffs The brothers were the sons of Morten Settlement Richard May Morten (18231909). Named after Henry Dent Gardiner (18281909). Bishopdale, Gardiner owned land in the Harewood Styx area but had moved away by 1865. Gardiners Road Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 See Source G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: M652 First appears in street directories in 1995. First appears in street directories in 1901 but mentioned there as early as 1887. Page 55 of 127 Further information “Mr R. M. Morten”, The Press, 21 August 1909, p 10 The Styx story: a study of a Christchurch River, p 32-33 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: G36 Settling near the Styx River, pp 21 & 33-34 “Obituary”, Star, 5 February 1909, p 3 "Obituary", The Press, 8 February 1909, p 7 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Garforth Green Named after Samuel Garforth (1839-1901). Halswell Garforth was a member and also chairman of the Halswell Road Board 1885-1901. In 1870 he purchased Spreydon Lodge. Named in 2001. Garlands Road Named after Edward Garland (1824?-1893). Hillsborou gh, Woolston 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, became Garlands Road. First appears in street directories in 1892. See Source Further information Riccarton/Wigram “Obituary”, Star, Community Board 21 June 1901, p 4 agenda January 2001 The Port Hills of Riccarton/Wigram Christchurch, p 262 Community Board agenda 3 April 2002 Z Arch 525 “The Heathcote Road Board”, Star, 28 April 1877, p 2 The Port Hills of Christchurch, p 162 Along the hills: a history of the Heathcote Road Board and the Heathcote County Council 18641989, p 14 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: G47 "Fire destroys old house", The Press, 3 November 1958, p 10 “GarlandHillsborough’s first family”, The Press, 10 January 1976, p 10 Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 56 of 127 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Garnett Avenue Garreg is a Welsh word meaning the stone. Garreg Road Suburb Additional information Spreydon First appears in street directories in 1938. Bryndwr, Fendalton The Jeffreys family owned a cottage in the village of Garreg in North Wales. First appears in street directories in 1894. Garth Terrace Walkers Valley Road and Walker Terrace. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Cashmere 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. Page 57 of 127 See Source Bryndwr, Jeffreys Road, Glandovey Road and other Welsh names in the area. Fendall’s legacy: a history of Fendalton and north-west Christchurch, p 77 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Gartrell Drive Named after Ernest Charles Gartrell (1918?1986). Suburb Additional information Source Further information Air Commodore Gartrell was Commanding Officer at Wigram December 1965January 1966. Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 6 August 2013 “Obituary”, The Press, 14 January 1968, p 7 One of a number of streets named after former RNZAF Wigram Base commanders. Minutes of the Riccarton/Wigram Community Board 6 August 2013 Named to continue the theme in the Wigram Skies subdivision of naming streets after people involved in the air force in New Zealand. See Wigram: the birthplace of military aviation in New Zealand Named in 2013. Named after the Gasson Street Part of Madras Gasson family. Street, the section of the street south of Moorhouse Avenue. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Sydenham The Gasson family were early settlers in this area. Charles Gasson (1846?1905), a carpenter, lived with his wife Harriet at Sixth Street (later Stanley Street). Named Gasson Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Page 58 of 127 "Street names changed: City council approves final list", The Press, 24 August 1948, p 3 “Death”, Star, 28 July 1905, p 3 “New names for streets”, The Press, 2 June 1948, p 3 “New street names”, The Press, 24 July 1948, p 2 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Gates Lane Named after Alfred Charles Harold Gates (1878?-1937). Woolston Gates was a gardener of 47 Isis Street. His widow Hannah Elizabeth Gates (1881?-1945) lived on at the property until her death. Radley Park Source Further information “The Heathcote Road Board”, Star, 28 April 1877, p 2 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: G75 First appears in street directories in 1993. Gatherer Street Victoria Street Formerly Victoria Street. Named after HM Queen Victoria (18191901). Re-named Gatherer Street. Named after James Gatherer (1830-1877) and his wife, Margaret Gatherer (1837?1900). Phillipstow Victoria Street first appears n in street directories in 1892, running off Tuam Street. It ran parallel with Albert Street, later Saxon Street and was an unformed street. James Gatherer, a horse dealer, is mentioned in the Star in a report of a meeting of the Heathcote Road Board in 1877. Sections in Gatherer’s Paddock, Cashel Street East, are advertised in the Star for sale in 1879. Tenders were called for the formation of Gatherer Street in 1880. In 1884 Mrs Gatherer is listed living at Strickland House in Strickland Street. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 59 of 127 Saxon Street “Advertisements”, Star, 8 March 1879, p1 “Advertisements”, Star, 15 July 1880, p 2 “Advertisements”, Star, 6 November 1884, p 2 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information First appears in street directories in 1906. Gatonby Place Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after George Gatonby Stead (18411908). Avonhead Stead was a grain merchant, racehorse owner and breeder and businessman. His son, Edgar Fraser Stead (18811949), built a substantial house at Ilam which is now the University of Canterbury staff club. It was the centre of a property of some 53 acres on the banks of the Avon River. View the biography of George Gatonby Stead in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. First appears in street directories in 1987. G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: S700 Page 60 of 127 “A strenuous career”, The Press, 30 April 1908, p 8 “Deaths”, Star, 30 April 1908, p 3 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Gayhurst Road Named after Gayhurst, the home of Henry Joseph Campbell Jekyll (18441913) at 50 River Road. Burwood, Jekyll farmed in Dallington Dallington Dallington. and named his home after Gayhurst, a village in the Unitary District of Milton Keynes, England. He worked tirelessly for the Christchurch Beautifying Association. Source Early Dallington, p 2 G R Macdonald dictionary of “Clifton Bay Canterbury recognised”, The biographies: J92 Press, 17 March 1961, p 21 First appears in street directories in 1903. Named after the Gazelle, a brig. Redcliffs Continues the theme of using Daring Lane and the names of small boats and Rifleman Lane. scows that used to cross the Sumner bar from Lyttelton and deliver goods to Sumner and Ferrymead and up the Heathcote River. Developed off 85 Glenstrae Road. Named in 1998. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 61 of 127 "Mr H. J. C. Jekyll", The Press, 27 February 1913, p4 Dallington Community News, 3rd quarter 2005, p 3 [At first the road went only from the bridge to McBratneys Road and was extended to meet Birchfield Avenue in 1961.] Gazelle Lane Further information Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board agenda 1 April 1998 Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board Agenda 3 September 2003 New Zealand shipwrecks : 195 years of disaster at sea, p 255 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb George Street Named after Riccarton George Thompson Mulcock (18701944). Additional information See Source Mulcock was a son of Edward Mulcock (18371915), owner of the land where this street was formed. Dallas Street, Elizabeth Street, Maxwell Street and Peverel Street. Information supplied in 2008 by Paul Mulcock in an interview with Margaret Harper. First appears in street directories in 1912. George Bellew Road Named after William George Patrick Bellew (1944-). George Noble Road Named after George Bennett Noble (18981983). Bellew was chief executive officer at Christchurch International Airport 19882005. Yaldhurst Noble was the head trainer at Apple Orchard the Roydon Lodge stud. Lane, Founders Lane, Gallop Lane, In the Noble Village subdivision developed on the Sir John McKenzie Avenue, Stirrup former Applefields land in Yaldhurst Road. The property Lane, Stud Road. Also Noble Village. has historical connections with the breeding and racing of standard breed horses. Named in 2011. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 62 of 127 Further information “Challenge calling ‘mellow Bellew’”, The Press, 17 August 2005, p C6 Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 15 August 2011 Riccarton/Wigram Community Board minutes 23 August 2011 George Noble Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name George Oliver Place George Seymour Quay Named after the Sir George Seymour. Suburb Additional information Kainga Formed on land belonging to the North Canterbury Catchment Board. "New streets", The Papanui Herald, 18 August 1987, p 1 Named in 1987. Information supplied in 2008 by Bob Pritchard, subdivisions officer, Christchurch City Council. Lyttelton See Source The Sir George Seymour was one of the First Four Ships that arrived in Lyttelton in December 1850. First appears in street directories in 1966. Casebrook Georgia Lane Developed at 142A Highsted Road. The name was proposed by the owner. Named in 1998. Gerald Connolly Place Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after Gerald Vincent Connolly (19281995). Hornby Connolly was a company director. Formed post-1997. Page 63 of 127 Shirley/Papanui Community Board agenda 1 July 1998 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Geraldine Street Fitzgerald Street Origin of name Suburb Formerly Fitzgerald Street. Named after the FitzGerald family. Named after Gertrude Eva Webb (19111991). Re-named Geraldine Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. The FitzGerald family came from Ireland. Source Further information "Street names changed: City council approves final list", The Press, 24 August 1948, p 3 View the biography of James Edward FitzGerald in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. “New names for streets”, The Press, 2 June 1948, p 3 “New street names”, The Press, 24 July 1948, p 2 Avondale Gertrude Webb worked for the Christchurch Drainage Board for many years as a cleaner, and the street was named after her to show the affection she was held in by her employers. The Christchurch Drainage Board owned an area of lowlying land in Avondale which they filled up with dredgings from the river so the land could be subdivided and built on. The Board named the streets formed there and former Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 See Fitzgerald Street first appears Fitzgerald Avenue in street directories in 1890. Re-named Geraldine Street. Named after the clan name of the FitzGerald family. Gertrude Place Additional information Page 64 of 127 De Courcy Place, Hunt Lane, Mervyn Drive, Ogilvie Place, Scoular Place and Waddell Lane. Information supplied in 2007 by Paul Baldwin, Christchurch City Council, in an interview with Margaret Harper. Christchurch, swamp to city: a short history of the Christchurch Drainage Board 1875-1989, pp 9293 "Board may restrict sewage flows", The Press, 29 November 1984 "Subdivision auctioned", The Press, 20 February 1984 "Property market", The Press, 2 June 1984 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source board and staff members of the Drainage Board were among those honoured in the naming of streets. At the time of naming it was intended to have 11 streets and cul-desacs in the new subdivision. Named on 21 November 1984. First appears in street directories in 1987. Gibbon Street Named after Edward Gibbon (1737-1794). Sydenham Gibbon was author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council on 19 January 1880. First appears in street directories in 1887. Made a public street from 1 January 1888. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 65 of 127 Report of the street naming committee, Sydenham Borough Council minute book 1879-1880, p 217, held at Christchurch City Council archives. “Borough Council”, Star, 20 January 1880, p 3 “Sydenham”, The Press, 22 December 1887, p 6 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Suburb Additional information Gibson Drive Hornby First appears in street directories in 1977. Gilbert Place Sydenham Named in 1957. “Street naming practices”, The Press, 1 June 1957, p 4 Named after Charles Gilberthorpe (1828-1915) and his wife Ann (1833-1921). Hei Hei, Islington The Gilberthorpes emigrated from Nottinghamshire on the Mary Ann in 1859 and farmed in what is now Hei Hei. Information supplied Gilberthorpe cottage in 2003 by Brian Gilberthorpe. Diary of Ann “Templeton”, Press, Gilberthorpe on 13 September 1875, board the May Ann, 1859 p3 Formerly Travers Street. Named after William Thomas Locke Travers (18191903). Linwood Gilberthorpes Road Gilby Street Travers Street Origin of name Re-named Gilby Street. May have been named after Charles Gilby Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 See First mentioned in The Press in 1875 when the formation of 70 chains of it was discussed by the Templeton Road Board. Travers was a barrister and solicitor. He practised in Christchurch 1860-1868 and for several years was the member of parliament for Christchurch City. Travers Street is first mentioned in the Star in 1881. Gilby area Source “Local & General”, Star, 5 May 1881, p 2 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: T367 Our Environment Issue 39 Spring 2004 “Death of Mr W. T. Gilby neighbourhood L. Travers”, The improvement plan, p Press, 28 April 1903, p 3 9 "Street names Page 66 of 127 Further information “Death of Mr W. L. Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb (1856-1946). Additional information First appears in street directories in 1887 Re-named Gilby Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. See Source Further information changed: City council approves final list", The Press, 24 August 1948, p 3 Travers”, Otago Witness, 29 April 1903, p 24 Gilby was a schoolmaster and also on the staff of the The Lyttelton Times. He founded Gilby’s Commercial College which survived until 1970. The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Vol 3, pp 183-184 Ettie: a life of Ettie Rout, pp 27, 32, 201 “New names for streets”, The Press, 2 June 1948, p 3 “New street names”, The Press, 24 July 1948, p 2 Gilders Grove Named after Digby Te’Ohia Leslie Gilders (1896-1980). Heathcote Valley Gilders was a private surveyor practising in Christchurch 1930s-1970s. He surveyed the subdivision which created the allotment subdivided to create the street. A subdivision at 19 Avoca Valley Road by W. J. Mauger. Named in 1999. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 67 of 127 Spreydon/Heathcote Community Board agenda 3 August 1999 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Giles Place Gillatt Gardens Could have been named after Charles Henry Gillatt (d. 1971). Suburb Additional information Shirley First appears in street directories in 1976. Halswell Gillatt was a farmer of Halswell. [The source does not give his name, saying only that the street is named after a wellknown market gardener.] See Source Further information Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 2 July 2003 Named in 2003. Gilmour Terrace Gilwell Street Named after Dr Bertram Hazelwood Gilmour (18881945). Lyttelton Dr Gilmour was a doctor who practised in Lyttelton for 25 years. First appears in street directories in 1950. Burwood Named on 15 March 1961. First appears in street directories in 1966. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 The story of Lyttelton, 18491949, p 145 Page 68 of 127 Information on date of naming in a letter sent to the City Librarian from the Town Clerk dated 17 March 1961. “Obituary”, The Press, 24 May 1945, p 3 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Ginaty Lane Named after the Very Rev. Dean Laurentias Maria Ginaty (1836?1911). Halswell Ginaty was the Vicar-General Aidanfield of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. He was involved in fundraising activities to purchase the land at Halswell and build the Mount Magdala Home which was opened in 1888. The street names in the Aidanfield subdivision are those of former Sisters of the Good Shepherd Order and former residents of the Good Shepherd Sisters’ Home at Halswell. Named on 31 January 2001. See Source Further information “Haven for ‘fallen women’ to be housing subdivision”, NZ Catholic, 5 November 2000, p 13 Mount Magdala : 80 years of care…with a short history of the institution Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 31 January 2001 Pitch your tents on distant shores: a history of the Sisters of Good Shepherd in Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Tahiti “Obituary”, The Press, 5 June 1911, p7 “Obituary”, Evening Post, 6 June 1911, p 2 Held firm by faith, pp 152- Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 69 of 127 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Girvan Street Named after Fendalton Girvan, a coastal resort in Strathclyde, southwest Scotland. Additional information Named to continue the theme of naming Riccarton streets after places in Ayrshire, Scotland, from whence the Deans family had originated. First appears in street directories in 1943. See Source Further information "Street names", The Press, 25 June 1948, p9 "Street names", The Press, 25 June 1948, p 6 "University street", The Press, 30 June 1948, p 2 [In June 1948 the Waimairi County Council wanted to rename this street University Street when 24 streets in the County were re-named. This did not happen after protests from residents, among them John Deans.] Glade Avenue Avon Glade Road and Avonglade Street. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Richmond Avon Glade Road is first mentioned in The Press in 1878 when land is advertised for sale there. Re-named Glade Avenue on 24 May 1926 when 21 streets were re-named. Page 70 of 127 “Advertisements”, The Press, 1 June 1878, p 3 “Advertisements”, The Press, 28 May 1926, p 17 “Street names”, The Press, 22 February 1926, p 10 “Street names”, The Press, 26 May 1926, p 11 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Gladson Street Suburb Additional information Sockburn Named by Ann Nora (Annie) Algidus Street Murray-Aynsley (1886-1973) on 26 August 1958 when she subdivided her land. First appears in street directories in 1962. Gladstone Quay Gasworks Road was incorporate d into Gladstone Quay. Named after William Ewart Gladstone (18091898). Lyttelton Gladstone was four times British Prime Minister and also brother-in-law to Lord Lyttelton. Gladstone Quay is mentioned in an obituary in The Press in 1885. First appears in street directories in 1916. In 1913 the street known as Gasworks Road was renamed Gladstone Quay. Glamis Place Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after Cashmere Glamis, a castle in Scotland. First appears in street directories in 1966. Page 71 of 127 See Source Information supplied by Bob Pritchard, subdivisions officer, Christchurch City Council, in 2010. "Obituary", The Press, 30 May 1885, p3 “Lyttelton”, The Press, 9 July 1913, p 2 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Glandovey Road Named after the Fendalton, Anglicised version Strowan. of the name of the Jeffreys' castle, Glandyfi Castle, in Cardiganshire, Wales. Additional information See Source Further information Charles Alured Jeffreys (1821-1904) retired to this castle in 1880 after leaving New Zealand. Bryndwr, Jeffreys Road, Idris Road and other Welsh names in the Fendalton/Bryndwr area. Fendall’s legacy: a history of Fendalton and north-west Christchurch, p 7476 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: J85 Glandovey Road became a public road on 24 June 1881. Sections for sale in "the Glandovey Road" in Bryndwr are advertised in The Press in 1890. First appears in street directories in 1894. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 72 of 127 "Advertisements", The Press, 4 November 1890, p 8 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Glasgow Street Named after Phillipstow Named by John Alexander Glasgow, a city in n Redpath (1846?-1942) in Scotland. 1909 when he subdivided his land there and laid out the new streets. See Source Further information Newcastle Street “Drainage Board”, Star, 26 October 1887, p 4 “Obituary”, The Press, 12 December 1942, p 6 “City Council”, The Press, 2 November 1909, p 8 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: R84 He founded the firm of J A Redpath & Sons Ltd., coal merchants. Redpath’s wife was born Rose Ann Glasgow (1843?1921) and the street could also have been named in her honour. First appears in street directories in 1913. Glasnevin Drive Named after Glasnevin in Ireland. Casebrook The developers wanted all the Glasnevin streets in the Glasnevin subdivision to have names associated with Dublin. Named in 1997. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 73 of 127 “Street names”, The Press, 2 September 1930, p 12 [This article lists Harrow Street as named by Redpath. This is incorrect as Harrow Street was named much earlier and is not mentioned in the 1909 article]. Shirley/Papanui Community Board agenda 29 October 1997 “Glasnevin”, The Press, 17 June 1998, p 34 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Glastonbury Drive Named after Glastonbury in Somerset, England. Burwood Glastonbury is in a reclaimed lowland area, similar to this area. It is also reputed to be where Sir Lancelot of Knights of the Round Table fame lived, hence the naming of later streets in the subdivision. Excalibur Place, Gunwelloe Lane, Mullion Lane, Quantock Place, St Keverne Close, Sedgemoor Lane. Also Quantock Place. Source Further information The Canterbury Association: a study of its members’ connections, pp 3334 & 67 A history of Canterbury, Vol 1, pp 242-245 First appears in street directories in 1995. Gleig Place Named after the George Robert Gleig (17961888). Spreydon Gleig was a member of the Canterbury Association from 27 March 1848 until he resigned 25 November 1851. Several streets in this area have names associated with the Canterbury Association and, especially, the Lyttelton family because they were formed on Rural Section 76, 700 acres on the "Lower Lincoln Road, Heathcote Bridge" purchased by Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798-1857) and Conway Lucas Rose (18171910). Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 74 of 127 Bewdley Street, Bredon Lane, Clent Lane, Evesham Crescent, Frankleigh Street, Glynne Crescent, Lyttelton Street, Stanbury Street (formerly Droitwich Street), Stourbridge Street, Sumner Street and Wychbury Street. Also Hagley Park. Province of Canterbury, New Zealand : list of sections purchased to April 30 1863, p 2 "Rural Sections chosen", The Lyttelton Times, 29 March 1851, p 6 The evolution of a city, pp 9 & 79 “Suicide of Lord Lyttelton”, Evening Post, 22 May 1876, 2 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information Early Dallington, p 10 "Advertisements", The Press, 21 April 1892, p 8 View the biography of Hiram Hunter in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography "Street names", The Press, 25 June 1948, p9 "Obituary", The Press, 11 May 1966, p 10 Spencer’s interest in the land was passed on to his nephew, the Hon. George William Spencer Lyttelton (18471913), the 4th son of George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton (1817-1876). First appears in street directories in 1950. Glenarm Terrace Landsdow Named after the Dallington ne Terrace Glenarm Kennels which in turn were named after Glenarm Castle, the ancestral home of the Earls of Antrim in Northern Ireland. Landsdowne Terrace is first mentioned in The Press in 1892 when land for sale there is advertised. First appears in street directories in 1903. Re-named Glenarm Terrace in June 1948 when 24 streets in the Waimairi County were re-named. Hiram Hunter (1874-1966), a labourer, teamster, trade unionist and local politician, bred dogs at the Glenarm Kennels. They were on his land on the eastern side of, and towards, the river end of Gayhurst Road. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 75 of 127 "Street names", The Press, 25 June 1948, p 6 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Glen Arrife Place Named after Glen Arrife, a high country station in the Rakaia River catchment. Halswell Named by the developers, Brian Gillman Ltd. The streets in their development are all named after high country stations. Cromdale Place, Grassington Lane, Highpeak Place, Longspur Avenue and Ryton Way. Also Broken Run. Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 12 July 2005 Named in 2005. Glenbarr Lane Glen Bridge Lane Glenconnor Place Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after Glenbarr, a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the west coast of the Kintyre peninsula. Named because there is a bridge there and looking over the bridge through the trees gives the impression of a glen. In Stage 6 and 7 of the Kintyre Estates subdivision, where streets are named after names and features in the locality of Kintyre in Scotland. Named in 2015. Bishopdale A right-of -way at 3A Crofton Road. Developed by Netheravon Holdings. Named in 2007. Burwood First appears in street directories in 1993. Page 76 of 127 Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 17 March 2015 Riccarton/Wigram Community Board minutes 17 March 2015 Fendalton/Waimairi Community Board agenda 8 May 2007 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Glencullen Drive Named after Glencullen, a suburb of Dublin. Casebrook In the Glasnevin subdivision Glasnevin where all the roads are named after suburbs, localities or features in the vicinity of Dublin. Source Further information Shirley/Papanui Community Board agenda 1 April 1998 Named in 1998. Gleneagles Terrace Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Probably named Ilam after Gleneagles, a glen in the Ochil Hills of Perth and Kinross in Scotland. Developed by Maurice R. Carter Ltd. Formed on part of the driveway into Hatherley, at 58 Burnside Road (Memorial Avenue). First appears in street directories in 1958. Page 77 of 127 "Maurice R. Carter Ltd. built "Home of Year", The Press, 10 November 1958, pp 16-18 "Foremost developer and donor", The Press, 22 October 2005, p D19 “Maurice Carter leaves behind immense legacy”, The Press, 10 May 2011, p A3 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Glenelg Spur Named after Hillsborou Glenelg, the home gh there of Cecil Claude Morton Ollivier (18781935). Additional information See 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 up to the house became Glenelg Spur. Source Further information The Port Hills of Christchurch, pp 162-164 “Obituary”, The Press, 27 July 1935, p 18 First appears in street directories in 1946. Glenharrow Avenue Named after Avonhead Charles Alexander Harrow (19111989). Harrow bought 19 acres of land in 1944 which had formerly belonged to Kent Lodge at 35 Yaldhurst Road. Four generations of his family have been berry growers in Christchurch. First appears in street directories in 1970. Glenmore Avenue Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Casebrook First appears in street directories in 1962. Page 78 of 127 Harrowdale Drive and Kent Lodge Avenue. Information supplied in 2008 by Brian and Ruth Murphy, current owners of Kent Lodge, in an interview with Margaret Harper. Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Northwood Developed by Belfast Developments Ltd and Styx Developments Ltd. The developers “chose names suitable for the length of the road rather than trying to establish a common theme throughout the subdivision”. Glen Oaks Drive Shirley/Papanui Community Board agenda 29 March 2000 Report of the Shirley/Papanui Community Board to the Council 19 April 2000 Named in 2000. Glenrowan Avenue Named after Glenrowan, the town in Australia where Ned Kelly (1855?-1880) was captured. Avondale Kelly was Australia’s most famous bushranger. According to family legend, Eliza Emily Muirson (1856?1943) fed Kelly while he was on the run. Mrs Muirson was the grandmother of Reginald Gordon Vivian Muirson (1913-1990), the builder of houses in this street, First appears in street directories in 1970. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 79 of 127 Source Edna Street, Reginald Street, Sharlick Street, Vivian Street and Woolley Street. Information supplied in 2008 by Mardi Muirson in an interview with Margaret Harper. Mardi Muirson is married to Reginald Muirson’s nephew. Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Glenroy Street Origin of name London Street and Graham Street. Suburb Additional information Woolston London Street first appears in the Star in a report of a meeting of the Heathcote Road Board in 1877 and first appears in street directories in 1887. See “Street names”, The Press, 13 September 1924, p "General news", The 13 Press, 14 February “New names for 1922, p 6 streets”, The Press, 2 June 1948, p 3 "Street names changed: City “New street council approves names”, The Press, final list", The Press, 24 July 1948, p 2 24 August 1948, p 3 Re-named Glenroy Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Glenturret Drive Named after Redcliffs Glenstrae, their home in Scotland, by Francis (Frank) Edward McGregor (1916-1981) and his wife. McGregor was a local photographer and a resident of the street in 1960. Named after a neighbouring farm. In stages 1-4 of the Highsted subdivision. The names were suggested by the developer. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Sumner to Ferrymead: a Christchurch history, p 207 First appears in street directories in 1958. Named in 2014. Page 80 of 127 Further information “The Heathcote Road Board”, Star, 28 April 1877, p 2 Re-named Graham Street in 1922. Glenstrae Road Source Broadstairs Avenue, Farrelly Place, Faversham Lane, Grayshott Avenue and Tullet Park Drive. Shirley/Papanui Community Board agenda 17 December 2014 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Gloaming Place Named after Gloaming, a racehorse. Sockburn Gloaming was bred in Victoria and was trained in New Zealand. His racing career lasted from 1918-1927 and he died in 1932 aged 17 years. See Source Further information Gloaming, the wonder horse First appears in street directories in 1968. Named after the NZ Cup pacer, Globe Bay. Globe Bay Drive Templeton Named by local horse trainer Jack Carmichael and Peter Petersen of the Templeton Residents’ Association. Locals asked that the names of prominent pacers and trotters be used because of the numerous training establishments in the area. Developed by Suburban Estates Ltd. Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 12 April 2005 Named in 2005. Gloucester Street The section of road between Woodham Road and the Avon Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after Linwood, Gloucester, an Central English bishopric. city, Avonside One of the original streets of Christchurch named in 1850 by surveyors Captain Joseph Thomas (b. 1803?) and Edward Jollie (1825-1894). The names were taken from bishoprics listed in Burke's Page 81 of 127 Reproduction of Edward Jollie's 1850 map of the proposed city. Department of Lands and Survey, Christchurch. G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: D193, J169 and T144 3 “Obituary”, The Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name River was formerly named Delamain Road and was incorporate d into Gloucester Street. Origin of name Suburb Additional information Source Further information Peerage. Historical Maps First mentioned in The Lyttelton Times in 1852 when 1/4 acre sections are advertised for sale there. Press, 9 August 1894, p 5e "Advertisements", The Lyttelton Times, “Obituary”, Star, 9 7 August 1852, p 2 August 1894, p 1 The section of Gloucester Street from Woodham Road to the Avon River was named Delamain Road before 1916. Named after Frederick William Delamain (18351910) who owned part of Rural Section 125, 100 acres in “River Avon, Slaughterhouse Road” (later Woodham Road), land originally purchased by G. A. C. Dashwood. Delamain Road does not appear in street directories but is mentioned in the Star in 1907. See Reminiscences of a surveyor, runholder and politician in Canterbury and Otago, 1841-1865, pp 28-29 Early days of Canterbury, p 27 The evolution of a city, p 13 Old Christchurch in picture and story, pp 50-51 “Street names in Christchurch”, The Press, 6 December 1952, p 3 Province of Canterbury, New Zealand : list of sections purchased to April 30 1863, p 4 Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 82 of 127 View the biography of Joseph Thomas in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. “Mr F. W. Delamain”, The Press, 18 May 1910, p 8 "Obituary", Grey River Argus, 25 May 1910, p 1 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information “Rural Sections chosen”, The Lyttelton Times, 26 April 1851, p 3 "Today's Advertisements", Star, 4 May 1907, p 6 Early Dallington, p 10 Glue Place Named after Somerfield Glue was a city councillor William Percy 1941-1971. Glue (1888-1980). Named in 1960. “Names for new streets”, The Press, 22 September 1960, p 14 “Mr Glue served Chch for 30 years”, The Press, 17 July 1980, p 4 Fendalton Houses of 1920s and 1930s - the Glue brothers’ contribution Glynne Crescent Named after Mary, Baroness Lyttelton, née Glynne, (18131857). Spreydon Mary was the wife of Sir George William Lyttelton, 4th Lord Lyttelton, Baron of Frankley (1817-1876). He was a member of the Canterbury Association from 1848. Several streets in this area Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 83 of 127 Bewdley Street, Bredon Lane, Clent Lane, Evesham Crescent, Frankleigh Street, Gleig Place, Lyttelton Street, Stanbury Street (formerly Droitwich The Canterbury Association: a study of its members’ connections, p 67 A history of Canterbury, Vol 1, pp 242-245 “Suicide of Lord Province of Lyttelton”, Evening Canterbury, New Post, 22 May 1876, Zealand : list of 2 sections purchased to Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source have names associated with the Lyttelton family because they were formed on Rural Section 76, 700 acres on the "Lower Lincoln Road, Heathcote Bridge" purchased by Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798-1857) and Conway Lucas Rose (1817-1910). Spencer’s interest in the land was passed on to his nephew, the Hon. George William Spencer Lyttelton (18471913), the 4th son of George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton (1817-1876). Street), Stourbridge Street, Sumner Street and Wychbury Street. Also Hagley Park. April 30 1863, p 2 First appears in street directories in 1950. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 84 of 127 "Rural Sections chosen", The Lyttelton Times, 29 March 1851, p 6 The evolution of a city, pp p & 79 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Godfrey Place Named after Stuart Palairet Godfrey (19011959). Ilam Godfrey was an old boy of Christ’s College and a New Zealand rowing representative. He was wellknown for his work for the school and for the Christ’s College Old Boys’ Association. He became a fellow of the school in 1947. Corfe Street, Hare Street, Holderness Place, Parr Place, Sayers Crescent, Tripp Place, Tyndale Place and Worthy Street. Source Further information “Obituary”, The Press, 14 July 1959, p 14 One of the streets in a subdivision formed on land belonging to Christ's College. First appears in street directories in 1987. Godley Drive Named after John Robert Godley (1814-1861). Sumner Godley was a lawyer, writer, administrator, coloniser, public servant. He is described on his statue in Cathedral Square as the founder of Canterbury. First appears in street directories in 1993. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 85 of 127 View the biography of John Robert Godley in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Godley Quay Named after John Robert Godley (1814-1861). Lyttelton Godley was a lawyer, writer, administrator, coloniser, public servant. He is described on his statue in Cathedral Square as the founder of Canterbury. See Source Further information Lyttelton: port and town : an illustrated history, p 28 View the biography of John Robert Godley in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. "Advertisements", The Lyttelton Times, 7 August 1852, p 2 First mentioned in The Lyttelton Times in 1852 when 1/4 acre sections are advertised for sale there. Godwit Street Named after the godwit, a sea-bird that frequents the south shore. Southshore One of six streets running in alphabetical order from north to south intersecting Rockinghorse Road. Named in September 1955. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 86 of 127 Caspian Street, Heron Street, Penguin Street, Plover Street and Tern Street. “Names chosen for streets”, The Press, 20 September 1955, p 15 New Brighton a regional history 1852-1970, p 121 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Goldsmith Place Oliver Goldsmith Street and Goldsmith Street. Golf Links Road Origin of name Suburb Additional information Named after Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774). Waltham Goldsmith was the author of The Vicar Of Wakefield. Named because it Shirley is the road leading to the Shirley Golf Club. One of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council on 19 January 1880. Source Report of the street naming committee, Sydenham Borough Council minute book 1879-1880, p 217, held at Christchurch City Council archives. First appears in street directories as Oliver Goldsmith Street in 1887. Becomes Goldsmith Street in 1892 and Goldsmith Place in 1983 when the Brougham Street Expressway was put through. “Borough Council”, Star, 20 January 1880, p 3 First mentioned in The Press in 1908. “Advertisements”, The Press, 10 January 1908, p 10 First appears in street directories in 1916. [In street directories of the 1920s it is sometimes listed with the alternate name of Shirley Links Road.] Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 See Page 87 of 127 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Goodall Place Named after Maurice John Goodall (19282010). Redwood Goodall was bishop of Christchurch 1984-1990. Creese Place, Denniston Crescent, Jenkins Avenue, Lowry Avenue, Monteath Place, Murchison Avenue, Pyatt Place, Solomon Avenue, Strack Place and Wakelin Place. “Not happy on staff “Ex-bishop dies”, names”, The Papanui The Press, 28 Herald, 13 March October 2010, p A3 1973, p 7 One of the streets in the area formed on land belonging to Christ’s College and given names of members of the school staff or those associated with the school. First appears in street directories in 1991. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 88 of 127 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Goodman Street Clonmel Street. Origin of name Burwood Formerly Albert Street. Named after Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (18191861), the husband of Queen Victoria. Re-named Clonmel Street. Named after Clonmel, a town in Tipperary, Ireland. Re-named Goodman Street. Named after Leonard Oswald Goodman (19121956). Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Suburb Additional information See Source Alice Street and Burwood All Saints’ Liggins Street. Also Church 1877-1977, p Irene Street and 42 Reaby Street. Waimairi County Re-named Clonmel Street by Council, minute the Waimairi County Council book, 1931-1936, on 8 February 1933. held at Christchurch City Council Re-named Goodman Street in archives, p 308 June 1948 when 24 streets in the Waimairi County were re"Streets renamed", named. The Press, 9 February 1933, p 15 Goodman was a market Formerly Albert Street. One of three streets named after members of Queen Victoria's family. gardener who subdivided a property in this area. His father, Albert Edward Goodman (1875-1922), also a market gardener, had previously owned the land. Page 89 of 127 "Street names changed", The Press, 25 June 1948, p 9 Further information "Street names changed", The Press, 25 June 1948, p 6 “Loss of market garden land”, The Press, 3 September 1954, p 3 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Gordon Avenue Probably named St Albans after John Gordon Bannerman. Additional information Bannerman was an estate agent. In street directories of 1903 he is living at 34 St Albans Street, on the corner of that street and a right-ofway. In that same year he is advertising sections for sale in Gordon Avenue with the plan to be seen at his office at 174 Lichfield Street. In 1904 the right-of-way is named Gordon Avenue. In 1911 Bannerman was living at Dudley Creek, Shirley. He and his wife, Caroline (1872?-1958), then moved to Bondi in New South Wales, Australia. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 90 of 127 See Source Further information "Properties for sale "The skinning of or to let", Star, 9 July Skinner", NZ 1903, p 1 Truth, 3 September 1910, p 5 “The skinning of Skinner”, NZ Truth, 8 October 1910, p 5 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Gore Street Named after Gore in Southland. Halswell Named by the developer, Karl Scott (1910-1997). He was the son of William and Annie Isabel Scott. His father had emigrated to New Zealand in the early 1900s and was borough electrical engineer for some years at Gore. Karl Scott was born there. Checketts Avenue, Ensign Street, Lillian Street, Nottingham Street and Wales Street. Also Scott Park. Information supplied Turf tufts and toeweights in 2008 by Bede Cosgriff (d. 2011) in an interview with Margaret Harper. A short history of Halswell, p 99 First appears in street directories in 1964. Gosforth Grove Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after Westmorla Gosforth, a village nd and civil parish in the Lake District, in the Borough of Copeland in Cumbria, England. Named to continue the established Westmorland theme of naming roads after places in the district of Cumbria in England. Named in 2013. Page 91 of 127 Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 17 September 2013 Minutes of the Riccarton/Wigram Community Board minutes 17 September 2013 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Gosling Crescent Named after William Gosling (1820-1900). Halswell William and Lucy Gosling Airedale Place and their children, Charles, Mary, William and Elizabeth, arrived in Canterbury on the Randolph in 1850 as assisted passengers. Gosling was an agricultural blacksmith. Source Further information Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 3 April 2012 Passenger list for the Randolph In a Fulton Hogan subdivision. The streets in the Longhurst subdivision are named after local identities and homesteads in the locality. Named in 2012. Gosport Street Named after Aranui Gosport, a municipal borough of Hampshire, west of Portsmouth. In an area where all the streets are named after places in the county of Hampshire. There is a Christchurch city and a River Avon in Hampshire, England. Named in 1955. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 92 of 127 “New streets in Christchurch”, The Press, 28 June 1955, p6 "Fatal accident at Timaru", The Press, 3 October 1900, p 5 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information Gosset Street Named after Archdeacon Charles Hilgrove Gosset (18511923). St Albans Gosset was the vicar of Woolston 1891-1902, and from July 1902, vicar of St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Merivale. Carrington Street and Jacobs Street. St Albans: from swamp to suburbs: an informal history, p 20 The Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican Clergy in the Pacific One of three streets named in 1923 and formed on land that had been originally owned by the Anglican diocese. Sales of land were made for “increased revenue for Diocesan purposes”. First appears in street directories in 1924. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 93 of 127 The Canterbury church property : articles, p 35 "Advertisements", The Press, 5 May 1923, p 20 "Story of 700 acres of church property", The Press, 25 February 1947, p 6 G. R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: G299 “Obituary”, The Press, 2 April 1923, p8 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Gothic Place Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information Ilam Henry Alfred Leslie (Harry) Vale (1889-1988), a Christchurch heating engineering pioneer, purchased 11 acres of land there in 1910 and later laid out and developed 4 acres of gardens himself at 203 Ilam Road. The property extended from Ilam Road to Waimairi Road. Hanover Place, Tudor Avenue and Tuirau Place. Information supplied in 2009 by John Vale, Harry Vale's nephew, in an interview with Margaret Harper. “Old property sold”, The Press, 21 February 1976, p 18 The street was formed on a subdivision of his land. First appears in street directories in 1972. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 94 of 127 "Obituary", The Press, 6 June 1988, p3 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Gould Crescent Named after George Gould (1823-1889). Woolston Alport Place and Gould was an agent for Palinurus Road. owners and occupiers of sheep stations, an exporter of wheat and wool from Canterbury, and a director of the New Zealand Shipping Company. He was a shareholder in the Christchurch Conveyance Company which ran the lighters Fanny and Fancy between Lyttelton and the Heathcote River in 18521853. Source Further information “What’s in a name?”, Shoreline: the community news magazine, April 1995, pp 18-20 George Gould "In Memoriam", Star, 28 March 1889, p 2 “Street-name changes proposed in Woolston”, The Press, 4 October 1985, p 5 One of three streets in close proximity named in 1986 to give a maritime theme to the area. Formed because of the Woolston Cut flood relief development. Goulding Avenue Named after David Stewart Goulding (19192012). Hornby Goulding was a barber of Hornby 1943-1992. The street where his shop was situated was named in his honour. Developed in 1965 as part of the master traffic plan for the metropolitan area. The Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 95 of 127 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: G306 “Proposal for new road at Hornby”, The Press, 3 August 1965, p 16 "Hornby rich in history", Christchurch Mail, 1 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information newspaper report in 1965 said "the authority's plan provides for a new road off Shands Road opposite Amyes Road, crossing private property to intersect the Main South Road and continue along the west boundary of the Presbyterian Church property, turning along the north boundary of the IGA land and ending at Carmen Road south of the Working Men's Club". From Shands Road to the Main South Road named Goulding Avenue. From the Main South Road to Carmen Road named Chalmers Street. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 96 of 127 See Source November 2006, p 8 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Governors Bay Road Origin of name Governor’s Named after Sir Bay Road George Grey (1812-1898). Suburb Additional information Cass Bay Grey was governor of New Zealand 1845-1853 and 1861-1868. See Source Further information “Advertisements”, View the biography The Lyttelton Times, of George Grey in 19 January 1859, p 6 the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Governor’s Bay Road is first mentioned in The Lyttelton Times in 1859 when land for sale there is advertised. Appears in street directories in 1892, the first year Lyttelton streets are listed. Gowerton Place Part of Vogel Street. Named after Gowerton in Wales. Richmond Gowerton was the birthplace of George Manning (18871976), the mayor of Christchurch 1958-1968. Every year at Gowerton School a major prizegiving award is given in Sir George's memory as he attended the school. Named in 1959. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 97 of 127 Vogel Street “Streets named and changed”, The Press, 1 September 1959, p 16 “Sir George - a man of the people", The Press, 30 December 1976, p 2 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Grace Close Origin of name Suburb Additional information Halswell Named to continue the theme Aidanfield of the earlier stages of the subdivision, that of using the names of Sisters of the Order of the Good Shepherd. Named on 3 March 2004. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 98 of 127 See Source Further information Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 3 March 2004 Mount Magdala : 80 years of care…with a short history of the institution Pitch your tents on distant shores: a history of the Sisters of Good Shepherd in Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Tahiti Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Gracefield Avenue Hyndman’ s Lane and Gracefield Avenue. Origin of name Suburb Formerly Central city Hyndman’s Lane. Named after Peter Hyndman (18431914). Re-named Gracefield Street which was combined with Grace Avenue, named after owner Francis James Grace, to become Gracefield Avenue. Additional information Hyndman, a builder, lived at 857 Colombo Street. His property backed on to where the lane was formed. Hyndman's Lane first appears in 1894 street directories running off 108 Salisbury Street. By 1909 it leads to Grace Avenue although Grace Avenue is not listed as a street address. Land in Grace Avenue is advertised for sale in the Star in 1907. By 1912 Hyndman's Lane has been re-named Gracefield Street. Grace Avenue ran off Durham Street and Gracefield Street off Salisbury Street. The two were combined to become Gracefield Avenue in 1930. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 99 of 127 See Source Further information "Advertisements", Star, 6 August 1907, p2 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: H943 “Advertisements”, The Press, 2 August 1907, p 12 “Advertisements”, The Press, 12 January 1907, p 16 "General news", The Press, 10 September 1921, p 8 "City Council", The Press, 1 September 1930, p 16 "Deaths", Sun, 26 September 1914, p 1 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Grafton Street William Street Origin of name Suburb Additional information Formerly William Street. Named after William Barbour Wilson (1819-1897). Waltham Wilson was a nurseryman, businessman and local politician. Re-named Grafton Street. See Barbour Street, Charles Street, Grenville Street, Henry Street, In a subdivision of Rural Laurence Street, Section 48, land owned by William Wilson (1819-1897). Short Street, William Street appears on an Williams Street and Wilsons Road. 1874/75 Deposit Plan. First appears in the Star in an advertisement in 1880. It does not appear in street directories but appears on an 1890 map. Re-named Grafton Street in 1888. Source Further information Plan of suburban property (Rural Section 48) situated on the Ferry Road near the East Town Belt belonging to William Wilson Esq., Deposit Plan 27 1874/75. Map held by Bob Pritchard, subdivisions officer, Christchurch City Council. Province of Canterbury, New Zealand : list of sections purchased to April 30 1863, p 2 [The land, 200 acres in Ferry Road, had originally been purchased by G. Draper and his sonin law, James Edward FitzGerald (1818?-1896).] View the biography of William Barbour Wilson in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: W620 “William Wilson – landowner and early nurseryman”, The Press, 20 May 1978, p 13 “Rural sections chosen”, Lyttelton Times, 15 March 1851, p 7 Grahams Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after Douglas Graham Burnside, Ilam, Graham arrived in Canterbury in 1852 and was Page 100 of 127 Burnside Fendall’s legacy: a history of Fendalton Beyond the city: the land and its Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Road (1818-1872). Avonhead, the manager of John Deans’ Bishopdale cattle from 1854 until his death. Grahams Road was cut through his holding of 141 acres which he leased to William Boag. His home was near the corner of Grahams Road where Flay Park is now located. The Star in 1892 refers to a sale of land at Graham's Estate and describes it as the largest and most important sale of suburban properties held in Canterbury for many years. First appears in street directories in 1912, running from Greers Road to Wairarapa Road (later Wairakei Road). Two residents are listed – both farmers. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 101 of 127 See Source Further information and north-west Christchurch, p 88 people, Riccarton, Waimairi, Paparua, “Latest locals”, Star, p 14 9 January 1892, p 3 G R Macdonald dictionary of "Land Sales", Star, 26 March 1892, p 3 Canterbury biographies: G319a "The late Mr Douglas Graham", Star, 13 March 1872, p 2 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Grampian Street Fosters Road Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Origin of name Suburb Additional information Named after the Grampians, a range of mountains stretching across the highlands of Scotland. Casebrook Fosters Road first appears in street directories in 1936. Re-named Grampian Street in June 1948 when 24 streets in the Waimairi County were renamed. Page 102 of 127 See Source Further information "Street names "Street names changed", The Press, changed", The 25 June 1948, p 9 Press, 25 June 1948, p 6 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Grange Street Named after The Grange, the home of Dr James William Earle (1805-1878). Hillsborou gh Source Further information Earl Street and Earle emigrated on the Randolph in 1850. He bought Kennedy Place. Rural Section 44, 50 acres, “Christchurch District, near Hills Road” (later Port Hills Road). He practised medicine in Lyttelton, later moving to Opawa where he built The Grange. Province of Canterbury, New Zealand : list of sections purchased to April 30 1863, p 2 Passenger list for the Randolph Edward Steane Harley (1840?-1901), an accountant and a well-known cricketer, owned The Grange later. The Port Hills of Christchurch, p 169 First appears in street directories in 1901. The northern section of Kennedy Crescent was incorporated into Grange Street in 1963; the southern section remained as Kennedy Crescent. [Jarden Place was originally suggested as a name for the northern section.] Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 103 of 127 See “Rural Sections chosen”, The Lytelton Times, 15 March 1851, p 7 Information on date of naming in a letter sent to the City Librarian from the Town Clerk dated 29 April 1963. Along the hills: a history of the Heathcote Road Board and the Heathcote County Council 18641989, p 14 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: E13 “Obituary”, Star, 22 June 1894, p 1 (Mrs Earle’s obituary) “Obituary”, The Press, 11 June 1901, p 2 “Obituary”, Star, 10 June 1901, p 3 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Grangewood Lane Suburb Additional information See Burnside Formed on the driveway once Annell Place, leading to the homestead Parkham Drive and owned by Mabel Winifred Witbrock Place. Witbrock (1893-1991). This house was moved to Old Tai Tapu Road. Developed about 1990. Grantley Street Named after the middle name of William Henry Grantley Norton (1858-1912). New Brighton, North New Brighton Norton was a member of the Tonks Road and auctioneering firm of Tonks Shaw Avenue. Norton which split up land in North New Brighton in 1890s. First mentioned in The Press in 1911. First appears in street directories in 1931. Granton Lane Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Spreydon First appears in street directories in 1993. Page 104 of 127 Source Further information Information supplied in 2010 by Ngaire Anne Kelly, granddaughter of Annie Witbrock, in an interview with Margaret Harper. "Advertisements", The Press, 27 May 1911, p 15 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: N155 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Grants Road Named after the Papanui Grant family, early settlers in the area. Additional information See Originally an accommodation Restell Street road ie. a route for stock. Source Further information Papanui Heritage Group Early Christchurch and Canterbury : newspaper clippings ca 19231950, Vol. 1, pp 22, 89, 100 Daniel Grant, a carpenter, bought land in this area from John Pain Restell (18251885) in 1865. His son, John Grant (b. 1856), a milkman, farmed here also until 1888. “Inquest”, Thames Star, 2 November 1885, p 2 First appears in street directories in 1900. Grassington Lane Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after Halswell Grassington Station, situated behind Rotherham on the banks of the Waiau River. Named by the developers, Brian Gillman Ltd. The streets in their development are all named after high country stations. Named in 2005. Page 105 of 127 Cromdale Place, Glen Arrife Place, Highpeak Place, Longspur Avenue and Ryton Way. Also Broken Run. Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 12 July 2005 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Grassmere Street Green’s Road Origin of name Formerly Green’s Papanui Road. Named after the Rev. George Rowney Green (1794-1860). Re-named Grassmere Street. Named after Lake Grasmere in the Lakes District, Cumbria, England. [Grasmere has been mis-spelt in the naming of the street.] Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Suburb Additional information The Rev. Green, a fellow of Eton and Rector of Everdon in Northamptonshire, selected Rural Section 308, just north of Papanui (North Road) “next to Dunnage”. He was an absentee landowner. His brother, Henry Green of Papanui, advertises for work as a tutor in The Lyttelton Times in 1852. Green’s Road appears in street directories in 1894. Re-named Grassmere Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Page 106 of 127 See Source Further information Province of Canterbury, New Zealand : list of sections purchased to April 30 1863, p 8 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: G385 “Street names”, “Advertisements”, The Press, 6 The Lyttelton Times, October 1909, p 6 17 January 1852, p 1 “New names for “Street naming”, The streets”, The Press, Press, 3 November 2 June 1948, p 3 1909, p 3 “New street names”, The Press, "Street names changed: City 24 July 1948, p 2 council approves final list", The Press, 24 August 1948, p 3 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Graycliffe Street Named after Gray Cliffe, a property at the foot of the Port Hills, near Tai Tapu. Halswell Named Gray Cliffe by Henry Francis Gray (1838-1905) when he bought the property in 1875. He sold it to Sir Robert Heaton Rhodes (1861-1956) in 1893. Rhodes commissioned Frederick Strouts to design a grand country house, Otahuna, on the site. This was completed in 1895. [The name of the property has been mis-spelt in the naming of the street.] A Fulton Hogan subdivision. The streets in the Longhurst subdivision are named after local identities and homesteads in the locality. Named in 2012. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 107 of 127 See Source Further information Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 3 April 2012 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: G364 View the biography of Robert Heaton Rhodes in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Grayshott Avenue Named after Sittingbourne, Kent. Suburb Additional information See Source Named because the street is in the Highsted subdivision. Highsted is a town in Hampshire that borders Kent. Broadstairs Avenue, Farrelly Place, Faversham Lane, Glenturret Drive and Tullet Park Drive. Shirley/Papanui Community Board agenda 17 December 2014 In stages 1-4 of the Highsted subdivision. The names were suggested by the developer. Named in 2014. Also Highsted Road. N.B. Highsted Road, and consequently Highsted Residential, are named after John Kirby Highsted (18171871), not the town in Kent, England. Great Gables Lane Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after Mount Great Gables, a mountain in the Lakes District in England. Huntsbury Formed post-1997. Page 108 of 127 Broad Oaks Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Greenaway Street Named after John Greenaway (1831?-1880). Halswell Greenaway was a nurseryman and seedsman. In a later stage of the Longhurst subdivision where the streets are named after members of the Canterbury Militia of 1860. Named in 2012. See Source Further information Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 16 October 2012 Christchurch Militia List 1860 "Advertisements", The Lyttelton Times, 9 June 1860, p 6 “Fatal accident on the tramway”, Star, 1 December 1880, p3 “Christchurch”, New Zealand Tablet, 10 December 1880, p 14 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: G398 Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 109 of 127 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Greenbank Street Named by the Parklands development company to be in keeping with the existing theme of water and water features. The name was also considered appropriate for the locality. In the Waitikiri Stage 3 (Lake stage) subdivision. Named after the Greenhaven Estate. This was the property there of Snelling Place Lydia Elizabeth Partridge (1875-1962), daughter of Thomas Snelling (1827?1888) and Eliza Scott Snelling (1836?-1918). Greenhaven Drive Suburb Burwood Additional information Named in 2011. Source Further information Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 15 August 2011 Riccarton/Wigram Community Board minutes 23 August 2011 [It was to have been called Snelling Avenue but the deposit plan for the subdivision had been signed, sealed and delivered with the wrong street name on it.] First appears in street directories in 1996. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 See Page 110 of 127 “Name filed in G R Macdonald error”, The Press, 19 dictionary of February 1965, p 14 Canterbury biographies: S588 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Greenwich Street Named after Halswell Greenwich Park in London, a World Heritage site and the oldest of the Royal Parks. Additional information In the Knights Stream Park subdivision where streets have been named with a common theme of World Heritage sites and national and major parks around the world. See Source Riccarton/Wigram Community Board agenda 3 April 2012 Riccarton/Wigram Community Board minutes 3 April 2012 Named in 2012. Greenmeadow Gardens Belfast Planned to be named Lowestaff Place in 1997 but the developer wished for a name change before it was shown on a Land Transfer Plan. Re-named Greenmeadow Gardens in 1999. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 111 of 127 Shirley/Papanui Community Board agenda 31 March 1999 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Greenock Street Named after Greenock, a town in western Scotland. Redwood Named by the wife of the developer, a Mr Taylor, after a visit to Greenock in Scotland. The Taylors were associated with the Rose Society. See [Another suggestion was Clevedon Street but this was rejected as it was considered too similar to Cleveland Street.] Source Further information “New name proposed”, The Papanui Herald, 22 September 1970, p 1 Information supplied in 2008 by Elsie Grueber, former lady editor of The Papanui Herald, in an interview with Margaret Harper. Named in 1970. Greers Road From Harewood Road to Sawyers Arms Road was formerly named Bishop’s Road. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after David Greer (1842-1918). Bishop’s Road was named after the Bishop family: James Bishop (1826-1910) and his wife, Rebecca (1825?-1913). Their children were: James (b. 1848), Robert (1851-1940), William (1854- Burnside, Ilam, Bishopdale, Bryndwr The Greer family farmed an Bishopdale area of about 99 acres from what became Wairakei Road through to Condell Avenue and south to Jennifer Street. David Greer built his first homestead at what later became 302 Greers Road in 1878. They named their property Tyrone Farm after Tyrone County, their home in Northern Ireland. This house burnt down after two years and another built. Greers Road is first Page 112 of 127 “Marriages”, Star, 30 G R Macdonald April 1896, p 2 dictionary of Canterbury “News of the day”, biographies: B455, The Press, 4 September 1908, p 5 B456, B457, G419 Bishop’s of Bishopdale "Advertisements", The Press, 28 February 1918, p 9 Reminiscences of Early fruitgrowing pioneer farming at in Canterbury, New Papanui and Pleasant Zealand, pp 16-21 Point 1855-1916? “Diamond Wedding”, Star, 23 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name 1884), Frederick Alfred (18511911) and Rebecca Sarah (1860?-1951). Suburb Additional information mentioned in The Press in 1908. First appears in street directories in 1912 running from Harewood Road to Wairarapa Road (later Wairakei Road). Extended to Burnside Road (later Memorial Avenue) in 1928. Bishop’s Road is mentioned in the Star in 1907 in a report of James and Rebecca Bishop’s diamond wedding celebrations. They were then living in Bishop’s Road which was incorporated into Greers Road by the Waimairi County Council in June 1948. There had been confusion with Bishop Street in St Albans. Greers Road was then continued through to Sawyers Arms Road. G R Macdonald says the renaming was "to the justifiable indignation of the whole Bishop family". Descendants of "the late James, William Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 113 of 127 See Source November 1907, p 5 "Papanui news", The Press, 20 August 1932, p 11 “Street names changed”, The Press, 25 June 1948, p 9 Waimairi County Council minute book, January 1947February 1949, p 540 held at Christchurch City Council archives. "Bishopdale", The Press, 27 July 1966, p 14 “Old homestead auctioned” The Papanui Herald, 27 March 1984, p 1 “Old landmark revels in former glory”, The Press, 13 July 1994, p 47 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information Information supplied in 2007 by Bernice Gregan in an interview with Margaret Harper. “More land for houses”, The Press, 7 February 1956, p 14 and Robert Bishop" had protested against the change as early as 1932. Miss R. Bishop wrote to the Waimairi County Council also objecting to the change. To preserve the family association it was decided to call the suburb, Bishopdale. Gregan Crescent Named after the Gregan family. Burnside Bernard Daniel Gregan (1910-1976) farmed at 341 Wairakei Road. The farm extended from Grahams Road to the shingle pits at Lake Bryndwr. The land was bought by the Government for state housing in 1956. First appears in street directories in 1960. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 114 of 127 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Gregory Road Named after William Henry Gregory (1877?1959). Islington Gregory was an electrical engineer with the electricity department. Gregory Avenue Formed near the Islington substation. Gregory Road first appears in street directories in 1977. Becomes Gregory Avenue in 1983. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 115 of 127 See Source Information supplied in 2006 by Bob Pritchard, subdivisions officer, Christchurch City Council. Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Grenville Street John Street and Beresford Street Origin of name Suburb Formerly John Waltham Street. Named after William John Wilson (1858?1895). Re-named Beresford Street and later re-named Grenville Street. Additional information See Source Further information William John Wilson was the eldest son of William Barbour Wilson (1819-1897), nurseryman, businessman and local politician and his wife, Elizabeth. He was a gentleman of Sydenham. He died in his 38th year at his father’s house, the Grove. Barbour Street, Charles Street, Grafton Street, Henry Street, Laurence Street, Short Street and Williams Street. Plan of suburban property (Rural Section 48) situated on the Ferry Road near the East Town Belt belonging to William Wilson Esq., Deposit Plan 27 1874/75. Map held by Bob Pritchard, subdivisions officer, Christchurch City Council. The descendants of John and Mary Gebbie, p 15 In a subdivision of Rural Section 48, land owned by William Wilson (1819-1897). John Street appears on an 1874/75 Deposit Plan. First appears in street directories in 1892. Re-named Beresford Street in 1909. Re-named Grenville Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. [The land, 200 acres in Ferry Road, had originally been purchased by G. Draper and his sonin law, James Edward FitzGerald (1818?-1896).] “Rural sections chosen”, Lyttelton Times, 15 March 1851, p 7 Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 116 of 127 View the biography of William Barbour Wilson in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: W620 “Deaths”, Star, 6 September 1895, p 2 “Deaths”, The Press, 30 September 1895, p 3 “Street names”, The Press, 6 October 1909, p 6 “New names for streets”, The Press, 2 June 1948, p 3 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information “Street naming”, The “New street Press, 3 November names”, The Press, 1909, p 3 24 July 1948, p 2 Gresford Street Named after the Gresford Estate. Edgeware Samuel Bealey (1821-1909) was Canterbury’s third superintendent 1863-1866. He and his brother John owned the Gresford Estate and named their home Gresford. This is first mentioned in the Star in 1869. The land was subdivided and Gresford Street formed in 1901. First appears in street directories in 1903. Bealey Avenue and Champion Street. "Street names changed: City council approves final list", The Press, 24 August 1948, p 3 “William Wilson – landowner and early nurseryman”, The Press, 20 May 1978, p 13 “Advertisements”, Star, 20 August 1869, p 1 Samuel Bealey “Land sale: the Gresford Estate”, Star, 17 January 1901, p 3 “Advertisements”, Star, 9 August 1902, p6 St Albans : from swamp to suburbs : an informal history, pp 15 & 154 Bealey Avenue, Christchurch’s North Town Belt, p 8 Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 117 of 127 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: B252 “Obituary”, Star, 26 May 1909, p 2 “Obituary, Mr Samuel Bealey”, The Press, 26 May 1909, p 7 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Gresham Terrace Greta Place Named after the Greta stream which is some miles north of Motunau. Suburb Additional information New Brighton First appears in street directories in 1964. Hoon Hay The streets in this subdivision are named after rivers or properties in North Canterbury. Named in 1959. See Source Ferniehurst Street, Kaiwara Street, Molesworth Place, Palmside Street and Tekoa Place. “New city street names”, The Press, 30 June 1959, p 5 Hyde Park "New release of sections in Hyde Park subdivision", The Press, 20 October 1987, p 40 First appears in street directories in 1966. Greystoke Lane Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after Avonhead Greystoke Castle in the village of Greystoke in the county of Cumbria in Northern England. Named in 1987 by Philip Carter, managing director of the Carter Group which developed the Hyde Park subdivision. Many of the streets there are named after stately homes of England or English placenames. Page 118 of 127 “Country’s influence”, The Press, 11 November 1964, p 30 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Greywacke Road Named after Harewood greywacke, a grey earthy rock. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Suburb Additional information First appears in street directories in 1976. The contracting company of Ashby Brothers was based there at the time. It has been suggested that the road was previously named Ashbys Road but this does not appear in street directories. Page 119 of 127 See Source Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Griffiths Avenue Ferriman Avenue Origin of name Suburb Formerly Linwood Ferriman Avenue. Named after William Zaccheus Duckett Ferrriman (1889?-1956). Re-named Griffiths Avenue. Additional information See Source Ferriman, an Ashburton farmer, was well-known for his work with returned servicemen in midCanterbury. Nicholas Drive and Sandilands. "General news", The “New names for Press, 30 October streets”, The Press, 1934, p 10 2 June 1948, p 3 In the cottage home settlement at Sandilands. Named by the executive of the Christchurch Returned Soldiers' Association in 1934 with the name being approved by the Christchurch City Council in 1935. First appears in street directories in 1947. Re-named Griffiths Avenue on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 120 of 127 "Advertisements", The Press, 29 January 1935, p 11 "Street names changed: City council approves final list", The Press, 24 August 1948, p 3 Further information “New street names”, The Press, 24 July 1948, p 2 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Grigg Place Named after John Grigg (1828?1901). Hillmorton Grigg was a runholder at Longbeach and Fellow of Christ's College. One of the streets in the area formed on land belonging to Christ’s College. First appears in street directories in 1970. See Source Further information Bean Street, Bidwell Place, Charles Upham Avenue, Harling Avenue, Neave Place, Warren Crescent and WestWatson Avenue. “West-Watson View the biography Park”, The Press, 14 of John Grigg in September 1957, p 4 the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: G457 “Death of a pioneer farmer”, Star, 5 November 1901, p 2 Grimseys Road Grosvenor Street Named after Joseph Thomas Grimsey (1884?1922). Redwood Named after Grosvenor Square in London. Redwood Grimsey was a farmer of Harewood. First appears in street directories in 1901. One of a group of streets named after London railway stations. The Main North Railway passes right by the area. Named in 1955. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: G461 Page 121 of 127 Aldgate Street, Camden Street, Ealing Street, Fenchurch Street, Lambeth Crescent, Paddington Street and Uxbridge Street. “Naming of streets in new subdivisions”, The Press, 1 November 1958, p 10 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Grove Road Park Road Origin of name Suburb Additional information Named after The Grove, the cob house built by William Barbour Wilson (18191897) in Brougham Street. Addington Park Road first appears in street directories in 1878. Re-named Grove Road on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Wilson was a nurseryman, businessman and local politician, being the first mayor of Christchurch. He built his house, the Grove, on 13 acres of land in Brougham Street in 1858. The house long remained a landmark in the district. The property was later bought by the Sisters of Nazareth who opened Nazareth House in 1909 on the site. Groynes Drive Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Northwood First appears in street directories in 1995. Page 122 of 127 See Source Further information The evolution of a city, pp 19-20 View the biography of William Barbour Wilson in the Sydenham : the Dictionary of New model borough of old Christchurch : an Zealand Biography. informal history, p The descendants of John and Mary 17 Gebbie, p 15 “Funeral”, Star, 10 November 1897, p 2 "Nazareth House, Christchurch", New Zealand Tablet, 21 January 1909, p 91 “Nazareth House”, The Press, 19 November 1910, p 12 "Street names changed: City council approves final list", The Press, 24 August 1948, p 3 “New names for streets”, The Press, 2 June 1948, p 3 “New street names”, The Press, 24 July 1948, p 2 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information Guernsey Street Named after Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Aranui Ronald Cyril de la Mare (1925-1975) was the managing director of the Bower Egg Farm Ltd, 467 Bower Avenue. He developed this subdivision off Rowses Road and Breezes Road and named the streets. All have associations with the Channel Islands as he had emigrated from Guernsey. Carteret Place, Casquet Lane, Channel Place, Cornet Lane, Pateley Lane and St Heliers Crescent. Also Rue De La Mare. Information supplied in 2007 by Tim Baker in an interview with Margaret Harper. “New Aranui subdivision”, The Press, 11 July 1972, p 14 First appears in street directories in 1978. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 123 of 127 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Guild Street Richmond Named after a position in the Anglican church. Guilds were originally associations of craftsmen in particular trades. The term was borrowed by the Anglican Church. A guild tends to be a group of lay persons (often women) within a parish which meet together for social purposes and to maintain the building and its finances. In an area where the Anglican church owned land. Named after Guildford, a town in Surrey, England. First appears in street directories in 1960. Guildford Street Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Suburb Burnside Additional information First mentioned in The Press in 1910 when land is advertised for sale there. It was then being formed. First appears in street directories in 1914. Page 124 of 127 See Source The Canterbury church property : articles “Advertisements”, The Press, 7 May 1910, p 14 “Story of 700 acres of church property", The Press, 25 February 1947, p 6 Further information Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Guinness Crescent Named after Ilam Francis Hart Vicesimus (Frank) Guinness (1819/1820-1891). Additional information See Source Further information Guinness was a land sales auctioneer and commission agent. He traded under the company name of Guinness & Le Cren Ltd. This combined with two other businesses in 1919 to become Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., stock and stations agents. Bullock Place, Burrows Place, Parkinson Place, Powell Crescent, Pulford Place and Seagrave Place. Also Raxworthy Street. Information supplied in 2008 by Maurice Carter (d. 2011) in an interview with Margaret Harper. Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd: the jubilee history 1919-1969 Cashmere The Port Hills of Christchurch, p 238 View the biography of John Cracroft Wilson in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. One of the streets developed in the 1960s by Maurice R. Carter Ltd., a company which built 138 houses in a block of land off Grahams Road bought from the PGG superannuation fund. View the biography of Francis Hart Vicesimus Guinness in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. First appears in street directories in 1968. [This was developed later than other streets in the PGG subdivision.] Gunns Crescent Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Named after the Cashmere Scottish clan from which Sir John Cracroft Wilson (1808-1881) descended. Clan Gunn is a Scottish clan associated with north-eastern Scotland. First appears in street directories in 1968. Page 125 of 127 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Origin of name Gunwelloe Lane Suburb Additional information See Source Burwood In this part of the Travis Country subdivision, streets were given names associated with King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Excalibur Place, Mullion Lane, St Keverne Close, Sedgemoor Close. Also Glastonbury Drive and Quantock Place. Burwood/Pegasus Community Board agenda 24 November 1997 Named in 1997. Guthries Road Named after Robert Guthrie (1846-1915). Belfast, Styx. Guthrie was foreman of the Provision and Produce Company and also a farmer of Belfast. A short history of Belfast, 1949 Settling near the Styx River, p 137 Further information “Mr R.Guthrie”, The Press, 4 December 1915, p 14 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: G514a Gwen Way Redwood Gwendoline Way was also proposed but Gwen Way was chosen as it is a small cul de sac. In the Redwood Springs subdivision. Named in 2003. Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Page 126 of 127 Shirley/Papanui Community Board agenda 5 March 2003 Christchurch Street Names: F to G Current name Former name Gwynfa Avenue Hawthorn Avenue or Hawthorne Avenue Christchurch City Libraries June 2015 Origin of name Suburb Re-named Gwynfa Cashmere 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 regarded as rather amusing as Gwynfa is the Welsh for place of happiness. Additional information Hawthorn Avenue or Hawthorne Avenue first appears in street directories in 1924. It was a private street until officially re-named Gwynfa Avenue in 1933 by the Public Utilities Committee of the Heathcote County Council. See Source "News of the day", The Press, 10 February 1912, p 8 "Tramway Board", The Press, 27 February 1912, p 3 “Street names” The Press, 15 October 1932, p 14 "Street names", The Press, 31 January 1933, p 3 Page 127 of 127 Further information
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