Christchurch Street Names: S - Christchurch City Libraries

Current
name
Showgate
Avenue
Christchurch Street Names: S
Shrewsbury
Street
Former
name
Showgate
Drive
Carlton
Terrace
Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further
information
Named after a
galloper,
Showgate.
Named after
Shrewsbury
School in
Shrewsbury,
Shropshire.
Sockburn Formed on a subdivision of the
Riccarton Racecourse.
Showgate Drive first appears in
street directories in 1993.
Becomes Showgate Avenue in
1995.
Mericale Carlton Terrace was named in
1878.
First mentioned in the Star in
1880 in a report of a meeting of
the Drainage Board.
First appears in street directories
in 1887.
Re-named Shrewsbury Street in
1909 after amalgamation of St
Albans with the city in 1903
showed duplication of the name.
One of a number of streets in
Merivale named after English
public schools.
[The street was extended in 1935
when J A Redpath’s property was
subdivided.]
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Cheltenham
Street, Naseby
Street, Repton
Street, Rossall
Street, Rugby
Street,
Sherborne
Street,
Tonbridge
Street and
Winchester
Street.
“More themes in street
names”, The
Christchurch Mail, 23
February 1999, p 6
"Advertisements", The
Press, 5 October 1878, p
7
“Drainage Board”, Star,
17 August 1880, p 3
“Street naming”, The
Press, 3 November
1909, p 3
“Extension of street”,
The Press, 29 January
1935, p 3
“Would road by any
other name stay as
street”, Pegasus Post, 12
July 1978, p 16
"More street naming",
Pegasus Post, 6
September 1978, p 10
“Street names”, The
Press, 6 October
1909, p 6