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Christchurch Street Names B Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Bamford Street Bamford’s Road Christchurch City Libraries Updated July 2013 Named after Henry Augustus Bamford (1845-1941). Woolston Henry Bamford, a lawyer and second president of the Woolston Public Library, was a resident of the street in 1887, the year it first appears in street directories. His brother, Edwin Bamford (1841- 1928), also a lawyer, was the first president of the Woolston Public Library in 1872. Bamford's Road is first mentioned in The Press in 1872 in a report of a meeting of the Heathcote Road Board. Bamford Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1881. Page 12 of 166 See Source Further information “Road Boards”, The Press, 9 November 1872, p 3 “Advertisements”, The Press, 7 September 1881, p 1 G. R. Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: B102
Christchurch Street Names B Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Bampton Street Bampton’s Road and Bampton Road. Christchurch City Libraries Updated July 2013 Named after the Bampton family. Burwood, Dallington In the 1902 Avon electoral roll, Hubert Bampton (1842- 1929), his wife Sarah, and their sons William (1877-1956), Robert (1878-1932) and Walter (1880- 1949), all gardeners, are residents of nearby Cooper’s Road. Bampton's Road is first mentioned in the Star in a meeting of the Avon Road Board held in 1899. It was not then a public road. First appears in street directories in 1913 running off Mundy’s Road. Becomes Bampton Road in 1924 and Bampton Street in 1950. Page 13 of 166 See Source Further information "Avon Road Board", Star, 16 November 1899, p 2
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