Christchurch street names T - V - Christchurch City Libraries

Christchurch Street Names: T to V
Current
name
Tobins
Lane
Toledo
Place
Former
name
Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further
information
Named after
Cecil Alexander
Tobin (1856-
1938) and his
wife Sarah
Elizabeth Tobin,
née Browne,
(1867-1930).
Named after
Toledo, a city in
central Spain.
Burwood Tobin was the vicar of All
Saints Anglican Church,
Burwood 1910-1937.
The name was suggested to
the developer by Richard
Greenaway about 2000.
Mount
Pleasant
In a group of streets with
Spanish names. Named by
the developer, Bernard
Blogg, one of the partners in
Blogg Brothers Ltd. He
hoped that Spanish-style
houses would be built.
First appears in street
directories in 1976.
Christchurch City Libraries Page 44 of 95
8 August 2013
Information supplied
in 2008 by Richard
Greenaway.
The Port Hills of
Christchurch, p 95
Additional
information supplied
in 2008 by Bede
Cosgriff (d. 2011) in
an interview with
Margaret Harper.
The Blain
Biographical
Directory of
Anglican Clergy in
the Pacific
“Obituary”, The
Press, 12 April
1938, p 12
“Obituary”,
Evening Post, 12
April 1938, p 7
Burwood All
Saints’ Church
1877-1977
"Foremost
developer and
donor", The Press,
22 October 2005, p
D19