Christchurch street names T - V - Christchurch City Libraries

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Christchurch Street Names: T to V Current name Taupata Street Former name Slater Street and William Street. Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information Formerly Slater Street. Named after Henry Slater Richards (1860?-1926). Also formerly William Street. Probably named after Augustus William Bennetts. Re-named Taupata Street. Redcliffs Slater Street and William Street first appear in street directories in 1910. Richards was a land agent and Bennetts was an auctioneer. Both men were members of the syndicate that subdivided part of Redcliffs. Bennetts was later declared bankrupt. Slater Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1892 when a section is advertised for sale there. The two streets were amalgamated and re-named Taupata Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Christchurch City Libraries Page 12 of 95 8 August 2013 Augusta Street Sumner to Ferrymead: a Christchurch history, pp 206 & 209 The Port Hills of Christchurch, p 78 “Advertisements”, The Press, 23 June 1892, p 8 “Meeting of creditors”, The Press, 10 October 1894, p 3 “New street names”, The Press, 1 June 1948, p 3 G. R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: S412 “Obituary, late Mr H. S. Richards”, The Press, 13 August 1926, p 11 “New names for streets”, The Press, 2 June 1948, p 3
Christchurch Street Names: T to V Current name Tavendale Place Former name Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information St Albans Formed on land previously owned by Ernest Alexander Ching (1910?-1969), a carpenter. In 1957 he is listed as living at 117 Mays Road where this street was formed. Named in 1955. First appears in street directories in 1960. Christchurch City Libraries Page 13 of 95 8 August 2013 “Names chosen for city streets”, The Press, 20 September 1955, p 15
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