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 />
Birdwood<br />
Avenue<br />
Birkdale<br />
Drive<br />
Part of<br />
Norwood<br />
<strong>Street</strong><br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong><br />
Updated July 2013<br />
Named after Field-<br />
Marshall William<br />
Redell Birdwood<br />
(1865-1951).<br />
Named after the<br />
Birkdale Golf<br />
Course in North<br />
Carolina.<br />
Beckenham Birdwood was the<br />
commander of<br />
ANZAC forces<br />
during the evacuation<br />
from Gallipoli in<br />
World War I.<br />
A “portion of<br />
Birdwood Avenue”<br />
was re-named<br />
Birdwood Avenue in<br />
1920.<br />
Shirley Continues the theme<br />
throughout the<br />
Fairway Park<br />
subdivision of<br />
naming streets after<br />
American golf<br />
courses. The<br />
subdivision is<br />
situated adjacent to<br />
the <strong>Christchurch</strong> Golf<br />
Club at the Shirley<br />
links.<br />
Named in 1998.<br />
Page 85 of 166<br />
See Source Further<br />
information<br />
Baltimore Green,<br />
Fairway Drive,<br />
Falconridge<br />
Place, Ironwood<br />
Lane, Lytham<br />
Green,<br />
Pepperwood<br />
Place,<br />
Ridgewood<br />
Place, Wild<br />
Dunes Place,<br />
Wildhawk Lane<br />
and Wilmington<br />
Place.<br />
“General news”, The<br />
Press, 22 June 1920, p 6<br />
Beckenham: a suburb<br />
of <strong>Christchurch</strong>, New<br />
Zealand, pp 16-17<br />
Riverview Estate<br />
Burwood/Pegasus<br />
Community Board<br />
agenda July 1998
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