Christchurch Street Names: B - Christchurch City Libraries
Christchurch Street Names: B - Christchurch City Libraries
Christchurch Street Names: B - Christchurch City Libraries
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<strong>Christchurch</strong> <strong>Street</strong> <strong>Names</strong> B<br />
Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional<br />
information<br />
Bucknell<br />
<strong>Street</strong><br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong><br />
Updated July 2013<br />
Named after<br />
Benjamin Best<br />
Bucknell (1866-<br />
1951).<br />
Sockburn Bucknell was a<br />
farrier at Church<br />
Corner for 45 years.<br />
He worked on many<br />
champion racehorses<br />
and shod Carbine. He<br />
is listed in street<br />
directories of 1950 as<br />
living at 107<br />
Yaldhurst Road.<br />
First appears in street<br />
directories in 1955.<br />
Page 149 of 166<br />
See Source Further<br />
information<br />
“Obituary”, The<br />
Press, 14 September<br />
1951, p 3
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