Christchurch street names T - V - Christchurch City Libraries

Christchurch Street Names: T to V
Current
name
Torquay
Place
Torrens
Road
Former
name
Torquay
Street
Torrens’
Road
Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further
information
Named after
Torquay in
Devon.
Named after
James Torrens
(1839-1897).
Street but died in England.
The Rev. Henry Torlesse
(1832-1870) was a vicar of
Banks Peninsula.
First appears in street
directories in 1939.
Bryndwr Torquay Street first appears
in street directories in 1960.
Becomes Torquay Place in
1962.
Middleton Torrens was a farmer of
Spreydon.
Torrens’ Road appears as
early as 1886 in Spreydon
Baptist Church register
entries and first appears in
street directories in 1896.
Becomes Torrens Road in
1901.
Christchurch City Libraries Page 50 of 95
8 August 2013
G. R Macdonald
dictionary of
Canterbury
biographies: T331
"Obituary", Star, 3
July 1897, p 5