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Christchurch Street Names B Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Christchurch City Libraries Updated July 2013 street. He was the first minister of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Aldred Street is first mentioned in the Star in 1869 when the Christchurch City Council declined to take it over as a public thoroughfare as it was not wide enough. Formed in 1871 and taken over by the council in 1877. Re-named Beveridge Street on 1 September 1948 when l20 streets were re-named. Beveridge was a British economist. Page 72 of 166 See Source Further information “Obituary”, Star, 15 January 1894, p 1 “The Rev. John Aldred”, The Canterbury Times, 18 January 1894, p 36 “Street names”, The Press, 2 September 1930, p 12 “Droitwich Street to be Stanbury Avenue”, The Press, 11 November 1958, p 16 Our City Issue 37 Autumn 2004 Methodism in New Zealand, p 508 “New names for streets”, The Press, 2 June 1948, p 3 “New street names”, The Press, 24 July 1948, p 2
Christchurch Street Names B Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Beverley Street Christchurch City Libraries Updated July 2013 Named after Abraham Beverley (1828-1873). Bevin Place Named after Ernest Bevin (1881-1951). St Albans Beverley, an enginedriver, locomotive superintendent and publican, brought the first railway engine, the Pilgrim, to New Zealand. He was the first locomotive foreman in Christchurch and drove the first train through the Lyttelton tunnel. He owned land in this area. First appears in street directories in 1930. Bryndwr Bevin was a British Labour politician. One of a small group of streets named after politicians. Named on 18 June 1946. First appears in street directories in 1948. Page 73 of 166 See Source Further information Pilgrim Place. Also Beverley Park. Attlee Street, Eden Place, Evatt Street and Truman Road. Date of naming supplied in 2008 by Bob Pritchard, subdivisions officer, Christchurch City Council. “Tumultuous days of early NZ rail”, The Press, 29 November 1980, p 16 G R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: B413 “Local and General”, Star, 7 October 1873, p 2
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