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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 />

<strong>Christchurch</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong><br />

Updated July 2013<br />

whose male line<br />

expired on his death<br />

in 1833.<br />

Cont. below:<br />

alter street signs<br />

accordingly.<br />

Captain Simeon<br />

purchased Rural<br />

Section 154, land in<br />

Spreydon. He held<br />

the office of Resident<br />

Magistrate at<br />

Lyttelton and<br />

<strong>Christchurch</strong> at<br />

different times. He<br />

was also the first<br />

Provincial Treasurer<br />

after local<br />

government had been<br />

granted to the<br />

provinces and was<br />

elected speaker on<br />

the opening of the<br />

Provincial Council in<br />

1853.<br />

Originally ran in a<br />

direct line from<br />

Lincoln Road to the<br />

hills, but motorway<br />

construction in 1980<br />

caused alterations in<br />

parts of Barrington,<br />

Page 30 of 166<br />

See Source Further<br />

information

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