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Christchurch Street Names B Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Birmingham Drive Christchurch City Libraries Updated July 2013 Named after Birmingham, an industrial city in England. Bishop Street Named after a senior official post in the Anglican church. Middleton This street was the forerunner of a new era of light industrial catchments in Christchurch. First appears in street directories in 1978. St Albans Formed on land once owned by Church Property Trustees of the Anglican Church which owned much of the property in the area. Money was needed to pay a loan floated in England in 1879 and also to finance the building of the Cathedral. Land for sale in Bishop Street is advertised in The Press in 1910. First appears in street directories in 1911. Page 86 of 166 See Source Further information Marylands Reserve Z Arch 387, When the street was a village, p 4 St Albans: from swamp to suburbs: an informal history, p 20 "Advertisements", The Press. 18 May 1910, p 12 "Story of 700 acres of church property", The Press, 25 February 1947, p 6 “Naming of streets in new subdivisions”, The Press, 1 November 1958, p 10 “’Unprecedented’ interest in Birmingham Drive sale”, The Press, 14 September 2004, p C10
Christchurch Street Names B Current name Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information Blair Avenue St John Road/Street Christchurch City Libraries Updated July 2013 Named after Blair’s Bakery, a business at 469 Papanui Road owned by Alfred (1873-1961) and Elizabeth Blair (1867?-1949). Papanui St John's Road first appears in street directories in 1892. Becomes St John's Street in 1896. Re-named Blair Avenue on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. [The suggestion to change the name to Blair Street had been first made in 1926. It was also requested that year by residents that the street become an “avenue”.] Page 87 of 166 See Source Further information "Street names", The Press, 11 May 1926, p 12 “Street names”, The Press, 25 May 1926, p 7 "Street names", The Press, 22 June 1926, p 10 “From Erin’s Isle to Papanui, Mr John Joyce continues his story”, The Star, 8 March 1919, p 8 "Street names", The Press, 22 February 1926, p 10 “New names for streets”, The Press, 2 June 1948, p 3 “New street names”, The Press, 24 July 1948, p 2
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